Damsgård Country Mansion - Bymuseet i Bergen

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* Closed due to restoration. Open for groups on request.

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Damsgård Country Mansion was erected in the 18th C. It is perhaps Europe’s best preserved wooden Rococco building with the original interior.

About

Bergen was a large, busy and rich town at the end of the 18th century. Amongst the aristocracy it was popular to build luxurious countryside retreats for entertaining, recreation and perhaps a bit of farming. Around 1800 there were as many as 70 of these retreats in the surroundings of Bergen, and the finest of them all was Damsgaard.

Damsgård Country Mansion was built in the 1770s for Minister of War Gyldenkrantz. It is the most important example of Rococo architecture in Norway, and is perhaps the best preserved wooden building in Europe from this period.

The garden at Damsgård is today recreated as form and content may have been in the 1780s. Ibis film AS made in 2014 the short film «The little castle» about Damsgård Country Mansion. The garden is open to the public during the summer.

Groups:
E-mail: booking@bymuseet.no- 20% group discount for 15 people or more.

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Strathbogie13
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Trip Type:
Friends getaway
Interesting tour
Tuesday, 1st September 2015
Make sure you arrive in time for a guided tour. Knowledgable guide. Interesting to see the house restored to how it would have been in previous times. Read full review
BarbieBabyDoll8
Oslo, Norway
Trip Type:
Solo travel
Love the manor!
Thursday, 16th July 2020
Too bad tourists are not allowed to enter the manor due to precautions on covid-19, you are only allowed to enter the gardens which i enjoyed maybe much more if I was able to enter the classic home... Read full review
very-sunny
Lodz, Poland
Trip Type:
Solo travel
Nothing special
Monday, 8th August 2022
With Bergen Card you can only visit a small garden with is not worth a long bus ride from the city center . Similar staff you can see in Other old historical places in Bergen Read full review

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By bus: Bus no. 6 from Olav Kyrres gate, direction west to Laksevåg school. For timetable, check skyss.no

By car: Follow rv. 555 towards Sotra across the bridge called Puddefjordsbroen, turn right towards Damsgård immediately after the bridge, rv. 582. Follow the signs to Damsgård Hovedgård.

GPS: 60.3834, 5.3020

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