The city park and Festplassen

This is the Festplassen in Byparken. The park was planned after the town fire in 1855 when large parts of the center burned down. It thus also became the first official park in Bergen. When it was opened in 1865, it went by the name "The Great Park" The park surrounds Lille Lungårdsvann, which was once connected to the sea through the Puddefjord in Laksevåg. Increased population meant that large parts of this water, and that which once belonged to Store Lungårdsvann, have been filled again for urban purposes. Birds have put their love on the water, and in particular mallards, gray gulls, herring gulls, house sparrows and pigeons are numerous on and around the water. The music pavilion you see sits centrally on the middle lawn, and in the summer is a very favorite photo motif, surrounded as it is by an abundant and colorful bed of summer flowers. On the other side of the water is Biblioteks plassen. The silvery sculpture by Olav Kyrre dominates the space, but the lawn area is also large enough for people to settle down on the lawn and read a book borrowed from the library. The distinctive "Smålunger benches" can be found around the park. There you can relax, enjoy the beautiful fountain, the many Rhododendrons or study the beautiful sculptures around the water.