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
Restaurant (BARE with Michelin star), 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 Norway
Norway is a fascinating destination for a luxury, tailor-made holiday. The land and the culture of Norway lend themselves to a diverse and rich array of holiday experiences and a choice of mode of transport. At first glance, Norway offers magnificent, dramatic, severe and wild natural surroundings in its glaciers, Arctic snow and ice, majestic fjords, crashing waterfalls and mystical natural phenomena such as the Aurora Borealis and Fata Morgana. However, Norway also offers cultural ties, a shared history dating from the days of the Vikings, a cosiness in its orchards and pastures, brightly-painted wooden houses, folk tales and mythology, world-class art, literature and music in the works of Munch, Ibsen and Grieg, to name but three, and international philanthropy as exemplified by the Nobel prize. Many towns have superb museums, ancient wooden stave churches are well-preserved, the heritage of the Vikings is visible not just in major centres such as Oslo but all around, and seemingly small places are rich with music and drama festivals. Whilst the length of Norway with is 2518 km poses a challenge to the visitor, this also means that it makes sense to use a variety of transport modes to travel around; scenic trains, sleeper trains, boat rides, coastal cruises and car-hire can all be incorporated. The landscape lends itself well to hiking and cycling and there are many national parks that offer a variety of conditions depending on your ability. Norway’s cities are vibrant and manage to blend modernity with tradition. The iconic Oslo Opera House sits a short distance from the Akershus fortress, the Old Town Hall dating from 1641 is a stroll away from the Akrobaten pedestrian bridge, a near-futuristic construction of steel and glass.
Highlights of Norway
The numerous fjords: Eidfjord – branch of the Hardangerfjord, Geirangerfjord – precipitous, one of Norway’s signature images, Hardangerfjord – rolling hills and pretty villages, Jossingfjord – vertiginous fjord in the flatlands of the south, Lysefjord – plunging cliffs, cruises and look out points, Naeroyfjord – narrow and very pretty, Sognefjord – Norway’s longest and one of the most beautiful, Trollfjord – very steep fjord on Lofoten, Vestfjord – sheltered bays and pretty villages separating Lofoten from the mainland. The Hurtigruten ferry that covers over 2500 km from Bergen to Kirkenes with over 30 stops. The Midnight Sun and the Northern Lights. Stave churches, beautifully preserved in wood, dating from Viking times, for example at Borgund, Lom, Ringebu and Urnes. Viking ships and artefacts, burial mounds and trinkets in museums throughout the country. The red, wooden houses perched stilts over the sea on the Lofoten Islands. The modern architecture of Oslo. Picking wild blueberries, sampling aquavit made from potatoes and caraway, and tasting reindeer steak with cranberries. The charm of Oslofjorden with its pretty, arty village and towns, harbours with sailing boats, islands offshore and beaches. Hike over the Jotunheimen and relish the natural landscape of this stunning National Park.
Cultural highlights of Norway
The architecture of stave churches dating from the Viking era and Viking treasure in museums around the country. The literature of Henrik Ibsen and Knut Hamsun. Folk tales and mythology. The music of Edvard Grieg and the art of Edvard Munch. Contemporary jazz and folk music.
Gastronomy of Norway
Norway’s gastronomy is a clear reflection of its land and sea. From the land come reindeer, venison, lamb, cured meats and potatoes of all types: boiled, roasted and fried. From the freshwater lakes and streams come salmon served grilled and smoked, and freshwater fish. Sea fish is a vast array of cod, haddock, shrimps, mackerel, fish soup, fish balls, salt cod. From the orchards particularly around the Hardangerfjord come apples, cherries and plums as well as berries of all sorts including blueberries, cranberries, bilberries and, a great delicacy, cloudberries. Cheeses include Jarlsberg and brown cheese. Coffee is almost certainly the national drink, followed by beer, of which there are all sorts of craft beers brewed locally, and Aquavit is the national spirit made from potatoes and caraway.
Facts in brief
Capital OsloAirport Oslo Gardermoen
Size 323,878 sq km
Population 4.4 million
