NORSK: NY I BERGEN - ENGLISH: NEW IN BERGEN
 

Links to Norwegian sites

The links below mainly take you to Norwegian sites, but you can use Google translate to translate the information you need.
 

Kindergartens

• Kindergartens in Bergen
• Apply for a kindergarten place
   

Schools, Out of School Clubs (SFO) and Education

• Primary and lower secondary schools in Bergen
• Apply for a place at an out of school club (SFO)
• Skoleportalen.no - upper secondary schools in Bergen (Vestland County Council)
• Utdanningibergen.no - higher education in Bergen
• Primary and lower secondary education for adults, Bergen Voksenopplæring
   

Health

• Bergen Accident and Emergency Department
• The Health Care Agency 
• Child clinics and school health service
• Young person’s clinic (13-23 years)
• Nursing homes in Bergen
• Bergen Hospital Trust - Haukeland University Hospital
   

Social Services

• The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV), Social Services
• The Child Welfare Service
   

Culture

• Bergen Public Library 
• Children’s House of Culture - activities and events for children and families 
• Fana House of Culture and Åsane House of Culture - arenas for voluntary cultural life and municipal services
• Culture Agency - activities arranged by the city boroughs
• Book culture and meeting venues for your activity
   

Sports and outdoor recreation

• Sport facilities
• Swimming pools and public outdoor salt water pools 
• Bathing spots - bathing temperatures, water quality
• The city mountains - about trails, ski track conditions, requirement to keep dogs on a leash, bonfire rules 
   

Employment

• Work for the City of Bergen
• New tax card
• Nokut.no - for assessment and approval of foreign education 
• Norwegian Directorate of Immigration - for work and residence permits 
   

Housing, water, waste disposal and electricity

• Municipal rented housing
• Municipal housing benefit
• Financing - apply for a start-up loan
• Useful information from the Planning and Building Agency - regarding building applications and the division of properties into units, etc. 
• Water supply - register to be notified about incidents and abnormalities 
• Water meter readings
• BIR.no - waste disposal in Bergen
• BKK.no - main supplier and power grid owner 
   

Vehicles and public transport

• Biking in Bergen
• The Urban Environment Agency - parking
• Buses
• Bergen Light Rail 
• Norled, Fjord1, Skyss - boat and ferry routes
• Trains - Vy
• Bergen Airport, Flesland 
   

For foreigners

• Bergen læringssenter for Norwegian language and social studies courses
• Introduction Centre for Refugees  - responsible for the introduction programme
• Medical assistance for foreign citizens - for people who do not have the right to a GP 
• Centre for Migration Health  - health care service for refugees, asylum seekers and people who come to Norway through family reunification 
• Vestland Immigrant Council  - an umbrella organisation for immigrant organisations
• Norwegian Directorate of Immigration- national regulations and application forms 
• New in Norway – national website with practical information from public agencies (in English, Polish, German, Lithuanian)
   

Useful overview of the City of Bergen

• What’s happening - news from different sectors in the city
• Innbyggerhjelpen (Citizen Service Centre) - guide to municipal services and programmes
• About your borough
• Departments in the City of Bergen
• Facts about Bergen
   

More useful links

• Report a change of address to Posten 
• Notification of a change of address to the tax office 
• Tourist information
• Bergenkart.no,  vegvesen.no, Google Maps - maps that help you find your way
• Key figures for municipalities and county councils from SSB (Statistics Norway)
   

Didn’t find what you were looking for?

 If you require more information, you are welcome to contact the  Innbyggerservice (Citizen Service Centre) in Kaigaten 4, on telephone no. 5556 5556 or by e-mail: innbyggerservice@bergen.kommune.no.