When we arrived in Bergen, just one week before started the lecture, the NHHS organized the welcome week. The NHHS is the organization which get together all the NHH’s student associations. The Welcome week is a mix of some information meetings, group activities and (lets be honest) some parties.

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The meeting gave us all the techical information we need. It true that when you arrived you are a little bit lost and you don’t know how will be the lecture, how to apply, and all the administration formality you can have.

After the first meeting, alle the exchange student was split in group. Each group was lead by two mentors. The mentors was some norwegian students, so they could help us if we had some questions.

The meetins was, as you can see, mostly in the morning, so in the afternoon we had some activities like the shrimping diner, which is a traditionnal diner in Norway, you eat freezing shrimps. There was the fjord cruise too, which allowed us to discover the Norwegian landscape :

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Last week, we participate to the World Dinner, an event organized by the International Committee of NHH. It’s an association which organized all the event for the exchange students, like the welcome week, or some party or this dinner. For this event, all the exchange students could make a team for representing their country and had to cook a meal for 200 peaple. Finaly, we were 22 team to participate from all arround the world. The IC sell ticket to all the NHH student, and they can eat meal from different contries for discover other food culture.

Our team was one of the three french team. We decided to call ourself “Les Nantaises” and we cooked some “crêpes” and some “croque-monsieur”.

There were arround 200 participant who come tasting our meals.

At the end, all the participants could vote for their favorite team, in putting their ticket in the team ballot box.

The three finalist team was, the Mexicain Team, the Japan team, the Iran team and the winner was the Nepal team.

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Bryggen is a Bergen district. It’s one of the most popular area in Bergen and in Norway. Bryggen was built after the big fire in 1702 and it is register in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

The first building in Bergen took place in Bryggen, it was a very dynamics and important city’s area during many century.

Bryggen is a historical area of the Bergen’s port, which is one of the oldest port city in North Europe. Bergen take place in the Norway West coast. The city was created as the commercial center on the 12e century. In 1390, the German Hanseatic League set up one of its import and export offices at Bryggen, dominating trade for almost 400 years. The German Hanseatic League was the collaboration between North European merchant cities around the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. They got gradually Bryggen’s property and controlled the stockfish’s trade on the North of Norway.

Bryggen was devastated by many fires, particularly by the 1702 big fire. It burnt the entire city to the grown. The area was rebuilt on the foundation which are there since the 12 century, that means that Bryggen is almost unmodified

Bryggen is a living part of the cultural legacy, which is still very active in the city’s historical district. Today, Bryggen is home to a lot of tourist attractions like the fish market, and there are many coffees, restaurants, and shops.

Fun Fact : The german or hanseatic dominance in Bergen lasted for several hundred years, from the black plague until 1754 when the hanseatic station was formally abolished. For this reason the Bryggen (the Dock) was called Tyskebryggen (German Dock) or Hansabryggen. In May 1945 (two weeks after the end of the war) the city council decided that the name should be “Bryggen.” Mariakirken (St Mary’s church) was also called Tyskekirken (German church) or church of the German merchants. Church services were held in German until about 1870.

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