Bergen, City of Hills! (Tribute to a lovely city!)
A city on a hilltop cannot be hidden! But this city is not on a hilltop Bergen is at the bottom of hills Pressed from all sides by rugged hills That lie like sleeping giants. Visitors stand in awe of them. Beloved by the children of the city Who walk not but run up and down The rugged slopes all day nonstop! Read: Village Boy Impressions - My First Snow Ah Bergen! What a city! I should never tire Of gazing at the little houses The red, yellow, white homes That litter the quiet valleys Stretching into cracks and crevices Strewn along the slopes of countless hills From whose tops countless lakes lie. A visit to Bergen is incomplete Without a hike up the seven sleeping giants Fløien the beloved and Lydderhorn Blumanen, Rudermanen, Sanvidkfjellet Løvstakken with the spectacular view And Ulriken that towers above them all! Up their slopes al...