Pipervika before the city hall was built.

Year: 1928

Photo: Karl Harstad / Oslo Museum (CC CC0 1.0)

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Ah, the theatre!

Den Nationale Scene (The National Stage), here from the late 1920s, is the largest #theatre in #Bergen and one of the oldest permanent theatres in Norway. Opened in 1909, the neoclassical building took on the world. Its original premiere was Ludvig Holberg's Erasmus Montanus.

Throughout the early 20th century DNS nurtured talents, cementing its role in shaping Norway’s artistic identity. It is seen here from Ole Bulls plass, the plaza and street named for the violinist and stage patron who initiated the original city theatre in 1850s.

It is still a theatre, and has been one of the state theatres of Norway since the 1990s. The current house has three stages – a main stage, and two smaller stages. Last refurbished in 2001 to almost its original shape, it is now closed down for a year to refurbish and upgrade.

Photo by Atelier KK, via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-kk-pk-2265.html
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Ready for a dog show

Year: 1956
Photo: Dagbladet / Norsk Folkemuseum (CC BY-NC-ND)

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After the 1916 #Bergen fire that destroyed most of the area in the middle of the city centre, Torgallmenningen was once again rebuilt as a firebreak (as it had been since the 1500s).

Here, Hotel Bristol and its adjacent neighbour gets built in the early 1920s, originally meant as a replacement for the inns of the city that had burned down, but later run as a private hotel.

Photo by Einar Helmers-Olsen, via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-bs-ok-21159.html
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The crew.

Specifically, the crew of the fire station at Flesland #Airport, sometime in the early 70s.

Photo by ABC Foto, via University of #Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-abc-2590-015.html
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A cinematographer documents the scene of a tram accident in Storo.

Year: 1962 (April)

Photo:Arbeiderbladet / (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Outside Fellesslakteriet (the communal slaughterhouse).


Year: Ca. 1920

Photo: Unknown / Oslo Museum (CC BY-SA)

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Big Bank Aesthetics in Vågsallmenningen, #Bergen.

The house was built for Bergen Kreditbank, which stayed here from 1859 to 1975. In more modern times the house has been called "Banco Rotto" (bankrupt), due to a restaurant and bar that ran here in the 80s by that name. Today it is a hotel.

Photo by Norvin Reklamefoto, via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-nor-b-1061.html
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🎵Making Christmas 🎵

Two workers hammer signs for the Christmas Street (Julegaten) in #Bergen sometime in the 1930s, drawing spectators to the work.

Photo by Atelier KK, via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-kk-n-507-025.html
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A cruise ship at the docks. We can see the construction of the city hall in the background.

Year: 1936

Photo: Anders Beer Wilse / Norsk Folkemuseum (CC pdm)

https://digitaltmuseum.no/011013303316/turistskip

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