Are you planning a sports or cultural event in Bergen? We have extensive experience and broad expertise in this area, and provide support and advice to organizers of sports and cultural events in the Bergen region.
We have a close collaboration with Visit Norway’s event team for international events and we stand by to help you create unique experiences for the region's inhabitants and visitors.
Photo: Eivind Senneset / Bergen kommune
Bergen is a diverse and active city with a large number of small and large events in sports, music, performing arts, film, gastronomy and festivals. Among the highlights in recent years we can mention the 2017 UCI Road World Championships, The Tall Ships Races in 2019, World Triathlon cup Bergen 2022 and concerts with Post Malone and Imagine Dragons to mention a few.

World Triathlon cup Bergen 2022. Photo: Visit Bergen / Casper Steinsland - visitBergen.com
We can help you with:
- Finding the right cultural or sporting event location
- Finding the best possible time period for your event
- Ensuring available capacity according to event requirements
- Providing price information and offers from hotels, venues, and arenas
- Arranging site visits and tours of potential venues and arenas
- Liaise with professional organisers, brokering with an organiser for the hotel / attendance administration
- Enabling applications for public grants as well as contacts with potential sponsors
- Liaise with the public sector and local businesses
- Knowledge of which permits are necessary for your event (police, land/property owners, municipality administrative board, etc.)
- Sharing important documents for your event (security guide, contact and checklists)
- Developing a basis for arranging eco-friendly and socially sustainable events
- Sharing video, image, text, and marketing materials
- Offering maps and planning tools
- Providing tourist information personel on site during the event
Contact Arve Lindgren, Director of Conventions and Events in Visit Bergen by telephone +4745444458 or email arve@visitbergen.com for more information.