Bergen (2)
Our last full day in Bergen began with a visit to the fresh fish market. Our tour guide is a marine biologist so she had a great time talking about the various fish in the cases.
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- many kinds of fish
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- king crab
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- monk fish
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- cod, etc
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- shell fish
We continued the day with a trip to Edvard Grieg’s home and museum. It was in a beautiful location. Originally, Edvard composed on the second floor of his house over the kitchen. That became too noisy for concentration and he built a small studio by the water. One does not need to wonder how he got inspiration from nature! We attended a half hour piano/voice concert in a fabulous hall with windows looking out over the water.
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- path to Grieg’s home
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- home
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- Grieg
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- recital hall & down to studio
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- inspirational spot
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- studio
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- inside studio
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- recital hall
We drove back to town and had a simple lunch in one of the old Hanseatic League assembly halls. The highlight was a concert with the hardanger fiddle. The is a traditional stringed instrument that is similar to the violin. It has four strings and 4-5 lower strings that are not played but just resonate – sort of like the bagpipe drones. Fascinating concert.
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- Hanseatic assembly hall
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- soloist
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- hardanger fiddle
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- hardanger fiddle
