Landmarks
Gamlehaugen is located by Nordåsvannet in northern Fana, south of Fjøsanger. The mansion is the residence of the Royal Family in Bergen, and is surrounded by a park. It was commissioned by Christian Michelsen, a shipping magnate and later Prime Minister of Norway, in 1899, and he lived there until his death in 1925. While the park is open to the public at almost all times, the building is only open for a few hours a day in the summer and receives about 2000 visitors a year.
Hop is the location of Troldhaugen, a museum and home of the composer Edvard Grieg 1885-1907.
A replica of the Fantoft Stave Church has been located in Fana since 1997. The original burned down in 1992, 109 years after it was moved to Bergen in 1883.
- Fantoft stave church (built 1150, rebuilt 1997).
- Fana church
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