What is Bryggen?
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site | image = Bryggen, Bergen3.JPG | image_upright = 1.2 | caption = Bryggen in Bergen, built after 1702 | location = Bergen Municipality, [[Bergen]], [[Norway]] | criteria = {{UNESCO WHS type|(iii)}}(iii) | ID = 59 | coordinates = {{coord|60|23|50|N|5|19|23|E|type:landmark_region:NO-07|display=inline}} | year = 1979 | area = {{convert|1.196|ha|sqft|abbr=on}} | website = {{url|www.stiftelsenbryggen.no}} | locmapin = Norway | map_caption = }} '''Bryggen''' ([[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] for ''the [[Wharf]]''), also known as '''Tyskebryggen''' (''the German Wharf''), is a series of Hanseatic commercial buildings found on the eastern side of the [[fjord]] coming into [[Bergen, Norway|Bergen]], [[Norway]]. Bryggen is on the [[UNESCO]] list for [[World Heritage]] sites. The name has the same origin as the [[Flanders|Flemish]] city of [[Brugge]]. {{wide image|Brygge Norway 2005-08-18.jpg|1000px|<center>Wide view of Bryggen</center>|100%}} {{Hanseatic League}} {{coord|60|23|50|N|5|19|23|E|type:landmark_region:NO-07|display=title}} {{WHSite}} {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:World Heritage Sites in Europe]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Norway]]