Sandviken is a traditional neighbourhood of the city of

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county,

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Location

Geographically, it is located northeast of the city center, in a small bay off the Byfjorden. The neighbourhood begins north of

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, and follows the coastline facing west. The Sandvik Road is the main thoroughfare through the area, which mostly consists of residential buildings. Sandviken has around 13,000 inhabitants. The early development of Sandviken consisted largely of

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s and

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s. Later, traders from Bergen built landing places and warehouses in the area. Sandviken was long an isolated suburb of Bergen. The road to Sandviken traveled through Ladegården. The new, wider route to Sandviken was established during 1869-1873.

Gamle Bergen Museum

Gamle Bergen Museum is an outdoor museum in the neighborhood of Sandviken. Museum Association was established in 1934, and the museum opened to the public in 1949. It is now part of the City Museum in Bergen. It is built around the old former country retreat of Elsesro. The Open-air museum has buildings from the 1700-1800s that have been moved from different areas of this site. Old Bergen is a reconstructed town with approximately 50 wooden houses. The buildings consist mainly of one-and two-story wooden house with paneling.

Sandvik Church

Sandvik Church Sandvik Church ( no, Sandvikskirken) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Sandviken, Norway, Sandviken neighborhood in the city of Bergen. It is the church for the Sandv ...

(''Sandvikskirken'') is a wooden Gothic hall church from 1881. The church has a slightly narrower

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al ended choir in the east and a tower in the west that is located in the church's long axis. The church had

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as a building material with exterior cladding of

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. Sandviken parish was established on 29 July 1874. The competition for a new church was won by architect Ernst Norgrenn. But after his death in 1880 the plans were modified and completed by architect

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. The church was completed in autumn 1881 and inaugurated in December 1881.

Monuments

The Madam Felle monument in Sandviken, is in honor of a Norwegian woman of German origin, who in the mid-19th century, managed, as a woman, against the will of the council, to maintain the sale of beer. Madam Felle, civil name Oline Fell (1831–1908), has been remembered since her death through a popular song.

Gallery

File:Sandvikskirken Bergen 2009 1.JPG, Sandvikskirken File:Sandviken Fire Station Bergen 2009.JPG, Sandviken Fire Station File:Sandviken Street Bergen 2009.JPG, Typical narrow street in Sandviken File:Sandviksfjellet.JPG, Sandviksfjellet File:Maaseskjæret kobbhus.jpg, Roof window at Måseskjæret File:Gamle Bergen Norway 2009 15.jpg, Narrow street in Gamle Bergen File:Krohnstedet door.jpg, Krohnstedet door in Gamle Bergen File:Sandviken.JPG, Sandviken File:HansHaugesGate.jpg, Hans Hauges gate, a street in Sandviken File:Pyttergrenden.jpg, Pyttergrenden File:Sandviken.jpg, Sandviken, seen from Sandviksfjellet File:SandvikenBrannstasjon.jpg, Sandviken Fire Station File:SandvikenIndustry.jpg, Hæggernæs Rolling Mill File:Sjøbuer Sandviken Bergen.jpg, Sjøbuer in Sandviken

References

External links

Official map of Bergen's traditional neighborhoods
{{Coord, 60.4059, 5.3242, region:NO, display=title Traditional neighbourhoods of Bergen