Wesselstuen

Bergen


Bergen's oldest restaurant evokes the wood-panelled dining halls of Bergen's past and is well known for its traditional dishes such as sirloin of reindeer (359kr) and klippfisk (bacalao) with split peas and bacon (299kr).


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Bergen attractions

1. KODE 1

0.13 MILES

Reopened in 2017 after two years of renovation works, this impressive museum makes a good place to start your explorations of KODE's collection. Two new…

2. KODE

0.13 MILES

A catch-all umbrella for Bergen's art museums, KODE showcases one of the largest art-and-design collections in Scandinavia. Each of the four buildings has…

3. KODE 2

0.15 MILES

KODE 2 hosts several temporary exhibitions every year, as well as a contemporary art collection with a focus on Norwegian and Scandinavian artists from…

4. Bergen Kunsthall

0.21 MILES

Bergen’s major contemporary-art institution hosts significant exhibitions of international and Norwegian artists, often with a single artist's work…

5. KODE 3

0.24 MILES

KODE 3 is all about Edvard Munch: overall, the collection here is arguably even better than Oslo's Munch Museum. The rooms are fabulously intimate:…

6. Natural History Collection

0.29 MILES

This small museum is closed for renovations until 2019, which should add new galleries and updated displays.

7. KODE 4

0.29 MILES

Modern-art aficionados will want to make a beeline to KODE 4, which is home to a large permanent collection of European Modernist works including the odd…

8. Hanseatic Museum

0.31 MILES

This interesting museum provides a window into the world of Hanseatic traders. Housed in a rough-timber building dating from 1704, it starkly reveals the…