Bryggen

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🇮🇹 Norway📅 1979 Inscribed

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Bryggen, the old wharf of Bergen, is a reminder of the town’s importance as part of the Hanseatic League’s trading empire from the 14th to the mid-16th century. Many fires, the last in 1955, have ravaged the characteristic wooden houses of Bryggen. Its rebuilding has traditionally followed old patterns and methods, thus leaving its main structure preserved, which is a relic of an ancient wooden urban structure once common in Northern Europe. Today, some 62 buildings remain of this former townscape.

Insight I

Built in 1350, Bryggen is the only surviving overseas office of the Hanseatic League.

Insight II

Despite frequent fires, the buildings have been faithfully reconstructed following their original structure. The heritage value extends beyond individual buildings, focusing on the townscape as a whole, which vividly represents the lifestyle of Hanseatic merchants in the medieval era.