Bergen,
Norwayone of the wonderful and beautiful cities located in the West. The city is the administrative center of the province of Hordaland. The city was founded by king Olav the third, in 1070. After a few dozen years, here is the castle, today it can be seen only ruins. Bergen is also known as the city on seven hills. It is a popular town for summer vacation. And at this point, many people found a large field for activity – based business, education, tourism, it all helps to develop the city. During the second world war, the city was occupied a few days after the landing of German troops in Norway. Demography of the city has about half a million people, with 80% of the direct inhabitants of Bergen. He has twice been subjected to fires, the first occurred in 1702, a large number of medieval rear was rebuilt. The second fire was in 1916, at that time, the fire claimed over three hundred residential and municipal buildings in the city. The city remains to be an important port for Norway, through the port of Bergen, every day there are a large number of different ships. The name Bergen is a very old name, and in owl the root also contains the word Berg, meaning mountain, and when combined after the Norwegian owl obtained as a meadow in the mountains.