The Fish Market in Bergen is right in the center of the town, near of Bryggen street and the historical core. It is well known by most of the visitors of Bergen, so you will find more tourists than local people there. The range of goods is corresponding to the catch that can be made in the Norwegian Sea and around. When compared with some other similar places (in Seattle, U.S., Vigo, Spain, etc.), for me, there were two kinds of site-specific sea food: whale meat (delicious) and sea urchin (well, not so tasty, but quite interesting).
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"Hvallkjott" is the whale meat!
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crab stuff mostly
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fish meat and salmon steak table
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"levende blåskjell" are living mussels (no oysters!)
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lemon and ice are standard items while selling the oysters
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shrimps
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smoked fish meat mostly
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ready-to-eat fresh crab fast food
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note the table showing the languages the vendors speak at this table
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"freshly cooked fjord lobsters", standard lobsters, crabs and...
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again, a detail
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vendors, goods and customers
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I do not know the name of the nice black fish guy in the left background
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I think the offer of "freshly baked fish cakes" is misleading this...
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