Skansedammen
Stone-rimmed hillside pond and old fire reservoir, now a shallow water mirror over a hidden car park.
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About this audio guide
This audio guide to Skansedammen in Bergen is about a hillside pond that the city rebuilt in twenty fourteen at great expense, and about what that money actually paid for. It touches the crowded wooden houses of Skansen, the old fire station at the water's edge, and the fire engines that could not always get through. Stand by the stone rim of the pond while you listen.
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