Top Western Norway Crime Tours

On this adventure you’ll explore Bergen’s most famous sites and hear their historic stories. You’ll also hear many of their dark tales associated with the city. Go at your own pace. This is a smartphone guided tour. Stop anytime and continue. The tour never ends. The tour is theatrically narrated with music to set the atmosphere., The tour starts at the former Headquarters of the Nazi Gestapo and then weaves through Bergen’s alleyways and roads visiting it’s nearly 1000-year-old churches, squares and buildings getting a sense of the city and its history. Go at your own pace and stop as you please. The tour never expires. I’ll see you at the Gestapo memorial just near the opera house.

Join The Bergen Historian on a walk through old Bergen on a 90-minute journey through the city’s hidden histories of love, scandal, and rule-breaking. The tour begins the Rosenkrantz Tower and ends at the Old Bergen Town Hall, passing St. Mary`s Church, Bryggen, and the Cathedral along the way. Along the route, you’ll hear stories of sexual morality and its frequent violations, a Church that preached strict ideals while often struggling to live up to them, violence and conflict in a society with limited formal control, alcohol-fuelled disputes, and the everyday choices that shaped life, reputation, and survival in the city. This is a vivid storytelling experience where history comes alive through real people and real tensions—where the lines between law, morality, and human behaviour were constantly crossed. The tour is led by a trained historian with academic background and museum experience, known for engaging, energetic storytelling and a strong passion for Bergen’s past.