Aquarium
Bergen Aquarium
🇳🇴 Norway
🐠 Aquarium, Norway 42 spp. present
Bergen Aquarium (Norwegian: 'Akvariet i Bergen') is a public aquarium in Bergen, Norway. It is situated on the Nordnes peninsula and is one of Bergen's tourist attractions. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
60.400° N 5.304° E
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
—
Tourism
High
Species present
42
speciesOpened
1960
Size
Small
Visit
Opening hours
Sep–Apr · Every day · 10:00–18:00May–Aug · Every day · 9:00–18:0017 May · closed24–25 Dec · closed31 Dec · closed
Getting there
- Address
- Nordnesbakken 4
- Phone
- +47 55557171
- Access
- Wheelchair accessible
What visitors say
🐠 Animals in captivity
LC
Gentoo Penguin
Pygoscelis papua
LC
Soa-soa Water Lizard
Hydrosaurus pustulatus
Before you go
Where is Bergen Aquarium?
Norway
Bergen Aquarium is an aquarium in Norway, at Nordnesbakken 4. Its coordinates are 60.400° N, 5.304° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Cairngorms National Park, about 629 km away.
What animals can you see at Bergen Aquarium?
42 species
Citizen-science photos record 42 species at Bergen Aquarium, including Gentoo Penguin, Madagascar Giant Day Gecko, Green Iguana, Carpet Python and Anaconda. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Bergen Aquarium in the wild?
Madagascar Giant Day Gecko: Ankarafantsika National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Bergen Aquarium also live in the parks and cities we cover: Madagascar Giant Day Gecko (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Ankarafantsika National Park), Green Iguana (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Tortuguero National Park) and Carpet Python (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Lamington National Park).
When is Bergen Aquarium open?
Sep–Apr · Every day · 10:00–18:00
According to its open map listing, Bergen Aquarium is open Sep–Apr · Every day · 10:00–18:00; May–Aug · Every day · 9:00–18:00; 17 May · closed; 24–25 Dec · closed. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Bergen Aquarium open and how big is it?
Opened 1960, 1.0 ha
Bergen Aquarium, an aquarium in Norway, opened in 1960 and covers about 1.0 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 42 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)