The Fish
Market, Bergen
The
market (No: "Fisketorget") on the harbour is lively with trade all the year 'round
but in the summer season it blossoms even more with crowded and
colourful street life. Traditionally a place where farmers and
fishermen come in from the surrounding districts to sell their
produce, this is the famous "Fish Market" where fish
are kept alive in tanks so that a Bergenser's dinner is absolutely
fresh, and slab after slab of tempting fruits of the sea are laid
out on the stalls.
There
are several watertanks with alive lobsters, crabs, and cod for
you to choose for dinner.
The
fishmarket in Bergen is a culinary phenomen and in many ways a
unique watermark for Bergen. Here you are able to catch the latest
fresh fish, lobsters and crustaceos of the underwater world brought
to daylight for you to enjoy. 
The history of the fishmarket is as old as Bergen itself, only
located slightly different due to waterline shift.
Between 1630 and until 1911 (nearly 300 years) there was a law
which hindered rich "Bergenser" to purchase fish here,
only the poor and for daily houshold use, was the rule. This rule
applied for a distance of 40km from the market.
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The woodconstruction "Paelebryggen" and the Triangel
was destroyed in 1911, it was created to store live fish in with
60 boxes.
At the square is also a statue Sofie Madsen in bronz as a memory
for those life's lost at sea.
Recently in 1998 a major refurbishment was made to cater for a
cleaner enviroment around the market and to provide the customer
with the best quality fish to be found in Norway. |
