Bergen Day Trips With Food In Them
The waterfalls day trip
Six hours in an air-conditioned bus or van, in English and German, meeting and ending at the Fish Market on Nøstegaten 40. The route, as published: about twenty minutes of Bergen sightseeing, fifty on the bus, twenty-five at the Fossen Bratte photo stop, twenty-five more on the bus, twenty at Norheimsund, twenty-five at the Hardangerfjord, fifteen at the Salthammeren Stone Age carvings, fifty at Steinsdalsfossen — the waterfall you can walk behind — seventy-five back on the bus, forty-five at Bryggen, and then back to Nøstegaten 40.
Read that list again and count the food in it. One waffle, made fresh, and a small tasting of a local drink. Further food, drinks and souvenirs are not included, so six hours of a Norwegian day are yours to cover. That is not a criticism of the trip, which does exactly what its route promises. It is a criticism of the shelf this listing sits on, where it is filed among food tours.
I got tired of watching people book this thinking it was a food tour. If the fjord is what you want, it is an excellent way to spend a day and the waterfall genuinely is worth the drive. If eating is what you want, the food walk gives you thirteen tastings in three and a half hours and never leaves the city.
Non-folding wheelchairs and non-folding strollers are not allowed, and non-skid waterproof shoes are recommended — the path behind Steinsdalsfossen is wet by definition. Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead. A closer look goes through the day hour by hour.
The other day trips with a meal attached
These sit outside the six above, but they come up when people search for food tours, so they are worth naming honestly.
A seven-and-a-half-hour Hardangerfjord day with lunch at Berge Gard & Gartneri. The lunch is named in the itinerary, which is more than the waffle day claims, and it is still a fjord day with a meal in it.
A thirteen-hour day combining a Voss farm, the Flåm Railway and the Nærøyfjord. It is new, caps at six, and is not suitable for anyone with animal, food or nut allergies — that restriction is unusually broad and it is the reason to read the listing carefully rather than the length.
A six-hour city-and-surroundings day with cruise-ship pickup. If you arrive by cruise ship is the page for that decision.
A five-hour sea kayaking trip with lunch at a café on Algrøy island, in double kayaks. It is not suitable for non-swimmers, wheelchair users, pregnant travellers or children under six. The lunch is a stop on a kayaking day, not the reason for it.
There is also a seasonal Christmas walking tour that includes entry to the Gingerbread City.
How to tell a day trip from a food tour
Count the food, not the hours. A food tour publishes what you will be given: the Bergen food walk lists thirteen tastings, eleven of them food, across five named types of venue. A day trip publishes a route and mentions a meal. If the itinerary spends more minutes on a bus than at a table, it is a day trip, whatever shelf it is filed on. Fjord tours from Bergen takes the day-trip question on its own terms.
What works
- Six hours, a fjord, and a waterfall you can walk behind
- It runs in German as well as English, which nothing else here does
- It meets and ends at the Fish Market, so it is easy to find
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead
- Four hundred and forty minutes of Norway for people who are not here to eat
Worth knowing
- The entire food content is one waffle and a small tasting of a local drink
- Further food, drinks and souvenirs are not included across a six-hour day
- Non-folding wheelchairs and non-folding strollers are not allowed
- More of the six hours goes on the bus and at the stops than at any table
- If you want to eat, this is the wrong booking
Non-skid waterproof shoes are recommended for a reason: the walk behind Steinsdalsfossen is permanently wet, and Bergen gets rain on about 200 days a year before you add a waterfall. What to wear covers the rest of the day.
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Frequently asked questions
Is the waterfalls tour from Bergen a food tour?
No. It is a six-hour bus day to the Hardangerfjord, and its entire food content is one freshly made Norwegian waffle and a small tasting of a local drink. Further food, drinks and souvenirs are not included. It does not allow non-folding wheelchairs or non-folding strollers. Book it for the fjord and Steinsdalsfossen, the waterfall you can walk behind.
How much of the waterfalls day is actually spent eating?
Very little of it. The six hours go on the bus and at the stops: a photo stop at Fossen Bratte, twenty minutes at Norheimsund, twenty-five at the Hardangerfjord, fifteen at the Salthammeren Stone Age carvings, fifty at Steinsdalsfossen and forty-five at Bryggen. The food is one freshly made waffle and a small tasting of a local drink, with further food, drinks and souvenirs not included. The food walk, by contrast, is thirteen tastings in three and a half hours. See the comparison table.
Which Bergen day trip includes a proper lunch?
The seven-and-a-half-hour Hardangerfjord day that stops for lunch at Berge Gard & Gartneri names its meal in the itinerary, which is more than the waffle day does. The thirteen-hour Voss, Flåm Railway and Nærøyfjord day is new, caps at six, and is not suitable for anyone with animal, food or nut allergies. See fjord tours from Bergen.