Luxury bespoke hotel holidays to Bergen Bors Hotel, Bergen, Norway
Facts in brief
Official star rating 4
Location In the centre of Bergen opposite the Fish Market
Annual opening All year
Closest airport Bergen, Oslo
Distance from airport About 22 minutes by taxi from Bergen, about 6-7 hours by train from Oslo
Closest railway station Bergen
Distance from railway station 600 metres
Hotel facilities and services
Restaurants (Bare Restaurant and Frescohallen), bar, fitness suite, luggage storage, free Wi-Fi, lounge with newspapers and coffee/tea on 6th floor, laundry and dry cleaning service.
Complimentary
Wi-Fi
Land sports
City bike station is just outside the hotel
Out and about nearby
The compact and charming city of Bergen has many attractions within walking distance. There is the iconic wharf and UNESCO World Heritage site Bryggen which today houses a museum, shops, galleries and restaurants. Nearby is the Fish Market offering fresh fruit, vegetables and handicrafts too. KODE is one of the largest museums of art, design and music in Scandinavia and consists of art museums and composers’ homes. At Troldhaugen you can visit the home of Edvard Grieg. There is the Old Bergen Museum of the city’s history and heritage, with about 50 wooden houses dating from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The hills and mountains around the city can be visited by cable-car and funicular railway, for example, Fløibanen and the Ulriken cable-car. Nearby are the two largest fjords in Norway: the Hardangerfjord and the Sognefjord. Visit by boat from Bergen and include a trip on the scenic Flåm railway.
Sports nearby
Hiking on marked trails reached by funicular or cable car, cycling, kayaking, rafting, climbing and zipline, fishing and angling, horse-riding.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Standard double room for 5 nights
From about
£1,060 1 Jan-30 Apr, 1 Oct-31 Dec
£990 1 May-30 Sep
Holiday Code EXH46337
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke hotel holidays to Bergen Bors Hotel, Bergen, Norway
Bergen Børs Hotel combines elements of tradition and history of this sea-faring city of merchants and sleek, Norwegian design that is contemporary, comfortable and easy to live with. This 4-star hotel with 127 rooms opened in 2017 and occupies the upper floors in what was the old stock exchange which dates from 1862. The hotel is owned by a family from Bergen, who have several other hotels in the city. The location of the Bergen Børs is outstanding: in the centre of the city opposite the Fish Market and harbour, near Torgalmenningen and the Strandgaten shopping street. Museums and the quayside for the ferry services are a few moments’ walk away. The interiors of the Bergen Børs are filled with bespoke furniture, sleek and modern, designed for relaxation and comfort. Deluxe rooms and junior suites tend to have parquet floors, soft furnishings are in muted tones of greys enlivened with a splash of colour in cushions and curtains, and all have free Wi-Fi. There are five restaurants and bars in the old stock exchange building. These include BARE Restaurant, with Michelin star, and voted Bergen’s best in 2017. This is a gourmet restaurant whose menus change with the season, offering creative Nordic flavours with local ingredients. This restaurant tends to be closed on Sundays and Mondays but otherwise it is open every evening. In the old chamber of commerce hall you’ll find the Bar in stunning surroundings, a fusion of traditional wooden ceilings, glass and modern seating. On the lower ground floor is Bare Vestland, a popular and informal restaurant, under the same owners as BARE Restaurant, but serving traditional western Norwegian classics and it’s open every day. In the old Fresco hall is Matbørsen serving international dishes and Asian-inspired food. Bergen Børs Hotel is a welcoming, comfortable and fashionable focal point in this charming city. Highly recommended.
Room descriptions
Bergen Børs Hotel has 127 rooms, junior suites and one suite. All rooms have free Wi-Fi, bathroom with shower and WC (bathtub in a junior suite), hairdryer, desk, smart TV, mini-bar, telephone and Nespresso coffee machine.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Standard double room for 5 nights
From about
£1,060 1 Jan-30 Apr, 1 Oct-31 Dec
£990 1 May-30 Sep
Holiday Code EXH46337
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke hotel holidays to Bergen Bors Hotel, Bergen, Norway
The journey and how you get there
For a holiday to the Bergen Børs Hotel, we include a scheduled flight with British Airways from London to Oslo and a train ticket from Oslo to Bergen return. The journey time by train is between 6 and 7 hours. From the station in Bergen, it’s a short walk of about 600 metres or quick taxi ride to the hotel. There is also an airport in Bergen served by some carriers from the UK.
Additional information
Children: Cots are available.
Other information: Wheelchair access throughout the hotel. 13 disabled-friendly rooms available. The hotel has a smoke-free indoor environment.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Standard double room for 5 nights
From about
£1,060 1 Jan-30 Apr, 1 Oct-31 Dec
£990 1 May-30 Sep
Holiday Code EXH46337
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke hotel holidays to Bergen Bors Hotel, Bergen, Norway
About Vestlandet and Norway's fjordland
Vestlandet contains many of the archetypal sites the visitor associates with Norway: spectacular fjords, colourful fishing ports, stave churches and dramatic panoramas. Vestlandet is a long, thin region in the west of the country, bordering the North Sea and interspersed by jagged inlets from the sea into the mountainous interior: the fjords including Sognefjorden, Geirangerfjord, Lysefjorden, Hardangerfjorden and Eidfjord. Bergen is the outstanding jewel as a town in this region, a World Heritage City, with ancient history, attractive buildings, world-class museums and superb restaurants. Sognefjord is Norway’s longest and deepest fjord and is composed of five large arms with fingers, of which Naeroyfjorden is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. To complement the dramatic natural scenery, there are ample man-made delights in the area too, with charming villages, waterfronts, well-preserved Viking heritage sites and local foodie specialities. You can witness the drama of the Sognefjord by boat from Bergen to Flam on a journey of about five hours. Just north and south of the innermost reaches of the Sognefjord are the outstanding stave churches of Borgund, unchanged since the Middle Ages, and Urnes, the oldest stave church in Norway. The Geirangerfjord is one of the best-known and justifiably so as it contains ten miles of dramatic natural beauty with numerous waterfalls tumbling down the vertical cliff face. The Hardangerfjord runs from the North Sea to the Hardangervidda Plateau and offers a wealth of attractive scenery and pretty towns, with numerous activities. There are also apple orchards and farmland, hiking and cycling. Towards the north of the region is the coastal town of Alesund, whose centre consists mainly of striking Art Nouveau buildings, constructed in the early 20th Century after a fire destroyed most of the old town centre.
Highlights of Vestlandet
Vestlandet is fjord country and the most well-known and spectactular are Sognefjorden, the Geirangerfjord, Lysefjorden, Hardangerfjorden and Eidfjord. The seafaring cities and ports of Bergen and Alesund offer a mixture of cultural, food and sightseeing possibilities. Bergen has the UNESCO World Heritage site of Bryggen with museum, shops, galleries and restaurants. There is the KODE museum of art and design and at Troldhaugen you can visit the home of Edvard Grieg. The region is also home to the Flam railway and cable cars take you to mountain tops. Alesund is renowned as an Art Deco town after a fire in 1904 destroyed the old town. From here it is the gateway to the Geirangerfjord and the Trollstigen mountain road. Combine land and water sports as well as spectacular scenery in Vestlandet. You can also visit glaciers in this region and take the Atlantic Road for coastal vistas.
Cultural highlights of Vestlandet
There is a wide range of cultural visits throughout the region: KUBE art nouveau centre in Alesund, Agatunet traditional Norwegian village on the Hardangerfjord, Kinn stone church from the Middle Ages, Alesund medieval age museum, The Vicarage at Nesset childhood home of Nobel Prize for Literature winner Bjornson, Bergenhus Fortress in Bergen, Suldal living museum farm, Eldhuset at Undredal on the Sognfjord showing local traditions, pasture farming and goat's cheese production, Sirdal mountain musuem, Bergen school museum, Geirganger timber church, Flam railway museum, Steffagarden on Ona croft from 1793, Visnes mining museum, Hardanger fold museum, Baroniet Rosendal manor house and gardens, Viking exhbition at Eidfjord, Vik historical tour, Kaupanger stave church on the Sognefjord, Trollveggen visitor centre, Viking village at Gudvangen, Borgund church, Osteroy museum, Ardal old church Ryfylke.
Festivals of Vestlandet
Kristiansund has a food festival in June, there is a Viking festival in Avaldsnes in June, Sola holds a kite festival in June, Floro holds the world's longest herring table in June, early July sees the Skudefestivalen the largest gathering of coastal culture in western Norway, Floro holds a sea sports festival in mid July, Molde holds the oldest continuously running jazz festival in the world in July, Haugesund harbour days is a yearly tradition in mid August, The Tomato festival is held in mid August at Finnoy on the Ryfylke Islands near Stavanger, Hardanger holds a music festival at the end of August, Bergen has a food festival at the beginning of September.
Gastronomy of Vestlandet
The mild climate and soils of the region lend themselves to the growing of fruit and berries that produce apple juice, cider and jams. Strawberries, raspberries and cherries are also grown locally. Cheeses are produced in the region including the Tingvoll cheese that has been produced here since 1303. Smoked salmon and cured meats are also local. Clipfish (dried salted cod) in the Alsesund area.
