Mt. Floyen rises steeply behind Bergen and there are houses all the way up, perched on the hillside. This funicular takes tourists and residents up and down the hill. 
This is a going down picture with Bergen and the fjord in front of us.
When you get to the top, there is a wonderful plaza of marble steps looking over all of Bergen, the harbor, the ships. This was still our first day in Bergen, the sunny day. We were so glad we went up when we did because the next day was drizzly, rainy, cloudy and foggy. We wouldn't have been able to see a thing from the top of the mountain. Since it was June 22 when we were there, we could see many bonfires starting up in the distance...a midsummer's celebration. We watched the Queen Mary 2 sail out to the ocean.
It looks darker in these pictures than it was in real life. The sky was dramatic and the water was so silvery and mirror like...
There are hiking trails all over the mountain, with lakes and picnic areas. We did not know that until we got back down, however. We did hike around some, but since we weren't sure where any of the paths led, we stayed close to the top.
Coming back down...
And at the bottom of the hill, McDonald's, Norwegian style.
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