Bergen Webcam Live
The harbour near Bryggen's Hanseatic wharf, plus a view from Mount Fløyen over Vågen, Nordnes and Askøy. Bergen, Norway's second-largest city, cradled by fjords and seven surrounding peaks. Live 24/7.
Two webcams, from the wharf to the mountaintop
SkylineWebcams broadcasts a live view of Bergen's port area near Bryggen; Fløibanen, operated with the local newspaper Bergens Tidende, runs a second live camera from Mount Fløyen overlooking Vågen, Nordnes and Askøy.
Bergen — a trading post that became a Hanseatic capital
Trading is believed to have taken place around Bergen's harbour as early as the 1020s, but King Olav Kyrre is traditionally credited with formally founding the city in 1070, naming it Bjørgvin — "the green meadow among the mountains." Bergen briefly served as Norway's de facto capital in the early 13th century, before the Hanseatic League established one of its four great overseas trading posts, or Kontor, here around 1350, turning the city into Northern Europe's dominant supplier of dried cod for centuries.
The German merchants' quarter, Bryggen, survives along the eastern side of Vågen harbour despite repeated fires that have swept through Bergen since the Middle Ages — the timber buildings rebuilt again and again on the same medieval street plan. UNESCO inscribed Bryggen as a World Heritage Site in 1979. Above the wharf, the Fløibanen funicular has carried passengers up Mount Fløyen since it opened on 11 June 1918, climbing 320 metres at a gradient reaching 26 degrees for one of the city's most iconic panoramas.
What the two cameras show
Bryggen Harbour
SkylineWebcams · BergenLive view of Bergen's port area, with the UNESCO-listed Bryggen wharf close by, alongside cruise ships and fjord excursion boats.
Watch live →Mount Fløyen
Fløibanen / Bergens Tidende · Mount FløyenLive view from Mount Fløyen over Vågen and Nordnes, with the island of Askøy visible in the background.
Watch live →Bergen has survived an extraordinary run of fires: the Bagler faction torched the city in 1198 during a civil war, fourteen churches burned in a single 1413 blaze, and privateers known as the Victual Brothers plundered and burned the city again in 1428. Bryggen's timber buildings, rebuilt each time on the same medieval footprint, are what finally survived to earn UNESCO recognition.
Bergen beyond the webcams
Bryggen: the UNESCO-listed Hanseatic wharf, its leaning timber buildings now home to museums, galleries and artisan shops.
Fisketorget: Bergen's historic fish market in the city centre, a favourite spot for fresh salmon, king crab and local specialities.
Troldhaugen: composer Edvard Grieg's lakeside villa 8km south of Bergen, where he wrote much of his best-known music.
A city rebuilt after fire after fire, on the same medieval streets, at the meeting point of seven mountains and two great fjords: Bergen's relationship with the sea and the peaks around it has never really changed since Olav Kyrre first sailed in.
When to watch
Mount Fløyen, clear evenings: for the classic panoramic view over Vågen, the harbour and Askøy as the light softens.
Getting there: Bryggen sits on the eastern side of Vågen harbour in central Bergen; the Fløibanen funicular departs a short walk away, Vestland, Norway.
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