Images of BergenThe famous #Bryggen in #Bergen was traditionally called "Tyskebryggen" – The German Pier – and many street names in the city has influences from the #Hansa times.
After the second world war, there was a mood to change a lot of these, as shown by this sign, meant to supercede the street names of Upper and Lower Hamburger Alley (Hamburgersmauet). Tyskebryggen was also officially renamed to Bryggen, a change that wasn't reversed until 2015.
"Jøssing" was originally used by the Nazi occupiers as a derogatory term for English-friendly Norwegians, but turned into an honorific among the resistance movement – with jøssing jokes being a resistance activity with Nazis as the butt of the joke. The monogram is the one of Haakon VII, the war time king.
Photo by Jacob Blaauw Kooter, via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-bs-ok-23408-149.html
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After the second world war, there was a mood to change a lot of these, as shown by this sign, meant to supercede the street names of Upper and Lower Hamburger Alley (Hamburgersmauet). Tyskebryggen was also officially renamed to Bryggen, a change that wasn't reversed until 2015.
"Jøssing" was originally used by the Nazi occupiers as a derogatory term for English-friendly Norwegians, but turned into an honorific among the resistance movement – with jøssing jokes being a resistance activity with Nazis as the butt of the joke. The monogram is the one of Haakon VII, the war time king.
Photo by Jacob Blaauw Kooter, via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-bs-ok-23408-149.html
#Norway #Norge #NorskPix #Historical #BlackAndWhitePhotography
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