• Escape the Heat (August ‘26)
    Byparken — Bergen, Norway.
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    Bergen: Byparken

    August 6 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 55 °F

    Our visit to the Kode venues to check out the art included strolling through the Byparken … the city park … a delightful green space even on a drizzly, gray day.

    Bergen is a city that has been through dozens of devastating fires between 1198 and 1855 … 15-20 of them recorded as being “… catastrophic citywide or quarter-destroying.” The last one in 1855 resulted setting aside a clearing to serve as a firebreak. That clearing is now known as Byparken.

    The park, which also serves as the “lung of the city,” is split into two parts … which resulted in the splitting of the pond as well … though the water is still connected by an underground pipe channel. The larger of the two ponds today is a marine bay. The smaller one is Lille Lungegårdsvannet (Small Lung) … the octagonal-shaped pond that I circumnavigated today … despite the cold wind that added an unexpected chill factor.

    When I got back to the apartment, the cup of hot tea Mui prepared was most welcome.

    In addition to the flowers in Byparken that added color to the day, we had a bit of sunshine this evening to brighten things up … though it was short-lived.

    (The photos in this footprint are from throughout the day as I made my way from one Kode venue to the next.)    Read more