Our last port of call of call was Bergen, Norway. It is the second largest city in Norway. There were several cruise ships and many cargo ships in the port when we were there. The highlight of our day was a trip to the Norwegian Knitting Museum in one of the first textile factories in the country, specializing in high quality knitted underwear. We had to take one bus from Bergen and connect in Åsane for another bus to Salhus.
Watch for more details. We are in our plane, ready to fly back home. What a Great trip!
This is along the Bryggen Hanseatic Wharf in Bergen.
Outside The Museum of the Norwegian Knitting Museum (Norsk Tricotasje Museum) in Salhus, about 20 km (~12.5 miles) from Bergen. We took the number 3 bus from across the street of the fish market to Åsane Terminal. From there we took the number 35 bus to the Salhus Kai stop. It was a short walk to the museum from there. The museum is in an old factory, dating back to 1859, that was operating until 1989. There primary product was high quality knitted underwear. Many of the machines still operate and they demonstrate their operation during the tour.
This is a view from the deck off the back of the museums entrance. The museum is right next to the water.
This is looking in a different direction, towards where the ferry used to dock here.
These are some of the carding machines there. The carding machines are used to clean and align the wool fibers before spinning them into yarn.
This machine winds yarn from the spools to the larger cones, to prepare it for the knitting machines.
This machine is used to knit socks.
A circular knitting machine for knitting a continuous round knitted fabric. This machine still works and is used to knit fabric for sweaters they have assembled and sell at the museum gift shop. Roxanne is examining another example of what they knitted, using a knitted tuck pattern exclusive to Salhus.
A view from the old ferry dock.
Back in Bergen a quick smoked salmon snack before we had to return to the ship.
From the deck of our ship as we sailed away from Bergen.
Relaxing on the deck at the end of a beautiful day in Bergen.
While the weather was very good during the entire trip, this was one of the few times we could wear shorts. I think we could get used to this life of leisure.
One of the towel animals our stateroom attendant left for us. This was probably the most complicated.
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