Minde is a neighbourhood in the southwestern part of Årstad borough in the city of

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county,

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. It is located south of the neighborhoods of Solheim and Kronstad, west of

Landås Landås is a neighbourhood in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. Landås is located by the western side of the Ulriken mountain massif, from southeast of Haukeland University Hospital to the neighborhood of Nattland almost further sou ...

, and north of Fjøsanger and Storetveit (in

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borough). Parts of Minde were in Fana municipality before the merger of 1972. It is home to the Bergen offices of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, the dairy company Tine, and the headquarters of the shipping company Odfjell. The area is served by one elementary school, ''Minde skole''. An

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, ''Kristianborg videregående skole'', was formerly located here, operated jointly by three

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es. As it failed to attain a body of students large enough for the operation of the school to be economically viable, it closed after the end of the

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of 2007/2008. Fridalen Church is located in the neighborhood too.

Transport

The main highway to the city centre of Bergen, European route E39, passes through Minde and it is called the ''Fjøsangerveien''. The four-lane dual carriageway passes through densely populated areas without grade separation and there are plans for a long tunnel bypass between

Danmarksplass Danmarks plass is a square in Årstad borough in the city of Bergen, Norway. Today most famous as one of Norway's busiest road intersections, it was originally known as "Kronstadtorget". After World War II, it received its current name in honou ...

and Fjøsanger. The project was not included in the National Transport Plan for the period 2010–2019. The first stage of the

Bergen Light Rail Bergen Light Rail ( no, Bybanen) is a light rail system in Bergen, Norway. The first stage of the project was a twenty-station stretch between the city center and Lagunen Storsenter, where the first 15 stations comprising a stretch opened i ...

system, which opened in June 2010, includes a station at Wergeland in Minde.

References

Neighbourhoods of Bergen {{Bergen-stub