Sandviken is a traditional neighbourhood of the city of
Bergen
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in
Vestland
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county,
Norway
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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
Bergenhus Fortress, 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
water mill
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s and
shipyard
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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 (''Sandvikskirken'') is a wooden Gothic hall church from 1881. The church has a slightly narrower
polygon
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The segments of a closed polygonal chain are called its '' edges'' or ''sides''. The points where two edges meet are the polygon ...
al ended choir in the east and a tower in the west that is located in the church's long axis. The church had
gneiss
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as a building material with exterior cladding of
granite
Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ...
.
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
Schak Bull. 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 Street Bergen 2009.JPG, Typical narrow street in Sandviken
File:Sandviken Fire Station Bergen 2009.JPG, Sandviken Fire Station
File:Bergen ladegaarsterassen - hans huges gate IMG 5089.jpg,
File:Rothaugen Skole - panoramio.jpg, Rothaugen school
File:Strøket Sandviken i Bergen sett fra Sandviksbatteriet.jpg,
File:Bergen sandviken norway tunliweb.jpg, Bergen at night seen from Sandvikspilen
References
External links
Official map of Bergen's traditional neighborhoods
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Traditional neighbourhoods of Bergen