Rosenkrantz Tower
Medieval royal keep wrapped in a Renaissance governor's tower, with dungeons and rooftop harbour views.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Rosenkrantz Tower in Bergen starts with a piece of a ship's anchor on a mountainside, and a question about how it got there. It turns on one spring morning in nineteen forty-four, when a seized Dutch trawler tied up at the quay below the tower during the German occupation. Along the way you'll hear what this stone tower was used for across nearly two centuries. Best heard facing the harbour, with the tower at your back.
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