Fløyen
Sign in to saveFløyen or Fløyfjellet is a mountain in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is one of the "seven city mountains" that surround the centre of the city of Bergen. Its highest point is above sea level. The name could originate from fløystangen or a weather vane that was set up to indicate the direction of the wind for sailing ships. The view of the Bergen Peninsula makes Fløyfjellet a popular attraction among tourists and locals alike. The Fløibanen funicular transports passengers from the centre of Bergen to a height of in roughly eight minutes.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Fløyen is referenced by 20 other articles, and connects out to Bergen, Norway and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Mountains of Bergen and Tourist attractions in Bergen.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- FløyenFløyfjellet
- Mountain.photo
- Fløyen fjerde sundagen i advent.jpg
- Mountain.mapframe
- yes
- Mountain.mapframe zoom
- 11
- Mountain.location
- Vestland, Norway
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 400
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 18
- Mountain.isolation_km
- 0.568
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Hauggjelsvarden
- Mountain.easiest_route
- funicular
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 399
- Image
- Fløyvarden på Fløyfjellet med Ulriken i bakrunnen - 2020.12.06.jpg
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- topographic prominence
- 27
- Commons category
- Fløyen, Bergen
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Hiking
- Fløibanen
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Fløyen or Fløyfjellet is a mountain in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is one of the "seven city mountains" that surround the centre of the city of Bergen. Its highest point is above sea level. The name could originate from fløystangen or a weather vane that was set up to indicate the direction of the wind for sailing ships. The view of the Bergen Peninsula makes Fløyfjellet a popular attraction among tourists and locals alike. The Fløibanen funicular transports passengers from the centre of Bergen to a height of in roughly eight minutes.
== Hiking == There are several hiking options on Fløyen itself, or one can continue further on to or over to Ulriken. Fløyfjellet provides signed hiking roads to Blåmanen, Rundemannen, and Sandviksfjellet. At Midtfjellet at the foot of Blåmanen there is a kiosk called .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fløyen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
3 mapped locations