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Pier / Boardwalk Attractions In Western Norway

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Western Norway is the region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway. It consists of the counties Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane, and Møre og Romsdal. The region has a population of approximately 1.3 million people. The largest city is Bergen and the second-largest is Stavanger. Historically the regions of Agder, Vest-Telemark, Hallingdal, Valdres and northern parts of Gudbrandsdal have been included in Western Norway.Western Norway, as well as other parts of historical regions of Norway, shares a common history with Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Iceland and to a lesser extent the Netherlands and Britain. For example, the Icelandic horse i...
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Pier / Boardwalk Attractions In Western Norway

  • 1. Bryggen Bergen
    Bryggen , also known as Tyskebryggen , is a series of Hanseatic commercial buildings lining the eastern side of the Vågen harbour in Bergen, Norway. Bryggen has since 1979 been on the UNESCO list for World Cultural Heritage sites. The city of Bergen was founded around 1070 within the original boundaries of Tyskebryggen. Around 1350 a Kontor of the Hanseatic League was established there, and Tyskebryggen became the centre of the Hanseatic commercial activities in Norway. Today, Bryggen houses museums, shops, restaurants and pubs.
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  • 2. Fish Market Bergen
    Fish Pool is an international commodity exchange located in Bergen, Norway that trades salmon futures contracts. The exchange is 97% owned by the stock exchange in Norway Oslo Børs. Trading at Fish Pool commenced in May 2006. The volumes traded at the exchange represent approximately 10-15% of the annual production of farmed Atlantic salmon in Norway. The primary objective of the exchange is to facilitate risk management of salmon spot price risk. Salmon farmers and processors are examples of entities that use futures contracts for risk management of salmon spot price risk.
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  • 3. Tananger Harbour Sola Municipality
    Tananger is a village in Sola municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the west side of the Stavanger Peninsula between the North Sea and the Hafrsfjorden. It lies about 10 kilometres southwest of the city centre of Stavanger. The 4.46-square-kilometre village has a population of 6,377 which gives the village a population density of 1,430 inhabitants per square kilometre . The village has grown significantly, more than doubling in size from 1980 until 2015. Tananger Chapel and Tananger Church are both located in the village.
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