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Bergen (Prononciation norvégienne : [ˈbæ̀rɡən] ), historiquement Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county upon the west coast of Norway. As of 2022, its population was a propos 289,330. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway after the national capital Oslo. The municipality covers 465 square kilometres (180 sq mi) and is located upon the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city middle and northern neighbourhoods are upon Byfjorden, ‘the city fjord’. The city is along with mountains, causing Bergen to be called the “city of seven mountains”. Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Vestland county. The city consists of eight boroughs: Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevåg, Ytrebygda, Årstad, and Åsane.

Trading in Bergen may have started as to the front as the 1020s. According to tradition, the city was founded in 1070 by King Olav Kyrre and was named Bjørgvin, ‘the green meadow along with the mountains’. It served as Norway’s capital in the 13th century, and from the grow less of the 13th century became a action city of the Hanseatic League. Until 1789, Bergen enjoyed exclusive rights to mediate trade together with Northern Norway and abroad, and it was the largest city in Norway until the 1830s once it was overtaken by the capital, Christiania (now known as Oslo). What remains of the quays, Bryggen, is a World Heritage Site. The city was hit by numerous fires greater than the years. The Bergen School of Meteorology was developed at the Geophysical Institute starting in 1917, the Norwegian School of Economics was founded in 1936, and the University of Bergen in 1946. From 1831 to 1972, Bergen was its own county. In 1972 the municipality absorbed four surrounding municipalities and became a share of Hordaland county.

The city is an international centre for aquaculture, shipping, the offshore petroleum industry and subsea technology, and a national centre for forward-looking education, media, tourism and finance. Bergen Port is Norway’s busiest in terms of both freight and passengers, with higher than 300 cruise ship calls a year bringing approximately a half a million passengers to Bergen, a number that has doubled in 10 years. Almost half of the passengers are German or British. The city’s main football team is SK Brann and a unique tradition of the city is the buekorps, which are conventional marching neighbourhood youth organisations. Natives speak a positive dialect, known as Bergensk. The city features Bergen Airport, Flesland and Bergen Light Rail, and is the terminus of the Bergen Line. Four large bridges connect Bergen to its suburban municipalities.

Bergen has a serene winter climate, though when significant precipitation. From December to March, Bergen can, in rare cases, be up to 20 °C (36 °F) warmer than Oslo, even even if both cities are at about 60° North. In summer however, Bergen is several degrees cooler than Oslo due to the same maritime effects. The Gulf Stream keeps the sea relatively warm, considering the latitude, and the mountains guard the city from chilly winds from the north, north-east and east.