Bryggen, also known as Tyskebryggen, is a series of Hanseatic heritage commercial buildings lining up the eastern side of the Vågen harbour in the city of Bergen, Norway. Bryggen has been on the UNESCO list for World Cultural Heritage sites since 1979.
Bryggen in Bergen, built after 1702
Panoramic view of Bryggen
Bryggen
Bryggen by night
The Hanseatic League was a medieval commercial and defensive network of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe. Growing from a few North German towns in the late 12th century, the League expanded between the 13th and 15th centuries and ultimately encompassed nearly 200 settlements across eight modern-day countries, ranging from Estonia in the north and east, to the Netherlands in the west, and extended inland as far as Cologne, the Prussian regions and Kraków, Poland.
Northern Europe in the 1400s, showing the extent of the Hanseatic League
Ubena von Bremen, a replica of the Bremen cog
Hanseatic Seal of Elbing (now Elbląg)
The Holstentor of Lübeck, built in 1464, is the only historic gate of the city still standing today.