2019 July Cruising #Norwegian Fjords

Sat 27th  July Bergen

Since my OH and I have been to Bergen before we chose to do the ‘Edvard Grieg’s museum and house tour’- the whole deal including a classical piano recital at the nearby concert hall.

Edvard Grieg's House, Bergen

The coach trip to the museum on the outskirts of Bergen gave us a reminder of the architecture and history of the centre, the guide very informative and easy to listen to.

The small museum at the house of Edvard Grieg was very busy so lingering to read the information boards wasn’t possible or we’d have missed the opportunity to pop in to Grieg’s small but apparently unusually styled house. It was common to have a neat wooden constructed dwelling in the late 1800s but what wasn’t usual were the high ceilings that Grieg and his wife Nina insisted upon. Their house also had other design features akin to a more southerly European style in balconies and window styles. 

Nina, his wife and also first cousin, only had one child who, sadly, didn’t survive infancy but their life together was also of an almost professional nature since she was a superb singer who accompanied him when he demonstrated his own music.

I learned only a little about his life in Bergen but reading more at a later date might be quite enlightening.

Bergen, Norway

  

The piano recital as part of the tour was superb. On yet another very hot day (not so normal in Norway) it was so lovely to sit back in an air-conditioned space and just enjoy the varied pieces played by Maria Kan Selvik.

Till more of my Norwegian Fjord travels...

Slainthe!