Bergen, historically Bjrgvin, is a city and municipality in Hordaland on the west coast of Norway. , the municipality's population was 278,121, and the Bergen metropolitan region has about 420,000 inhabitants. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden, 'the city fjord', and the city is surrounded by mountains; Bergen is known as the 'city of seven mountains'. Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland and consists of eight boroughsArna, Bergenhus, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevag, Ytrebygda, Arstad and Asane.

Trading in Bergen may have started as early as the 1020s. According to tradition, the city was founded in 1070 by king Olav Kyrre and was named Bjrgvin, 'the green meadow among the mountains'. It served as Norway's capital in the 13th century, and from the end of the 13th century became a bureau city of the Hanseatic League. Until 1789, Bergen enjoyed exclusive rights to mediate trade between Northern Norway and abroad and it was the largest city in Norway until the 1830s when it was surpassed by the capital, Christiania (now known as Oslo). What remains of the quays, Bryggen, is a World Heritage Site. The city was hit by numerous fires over the years. The Bergen School of Meteorology was developed at the Geophysical Institute beginning in 1917, the Norwegian School of Economics was founded in 1936, and the University of Bergen in 1946. From 1831 to 1972, Bergen was its own county. In 1972 the municipality absorbed four surrounding municipalities and became a part of Hordaland county.

1. What is the next to biggest Norwegian city?
2. What Norwegian region is it located in?
3. How many people live in the municipality?
4. And the metro area?
5. Is it ringed by forests?
6. What is around the city?
7. What's its nickname?
8. Where are lots of the suburban areas found?
9. How many boroughs does it have?
10. What are their names?
11. When did commerce begin in the area?
12. And when was Bergen officially founded?
13. By whom?
14. What was its original name?
15. What does that mean?
16. When was it the capital of the nation?
17. After that, what organization did it join?
18. Did Bergen ever have sole rights to trade in an area of the country?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. Bergen
2. the west coast
3. 278,121
4. 420,000
5. no
6. mountains
7. the city of seven mountains
8. on islands
9. eight
10. Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevag, Ytrebygda, Arstad and Asane
11. as early as the 1020s
12. in 1070
13. king Olav Kyrre
14. Bjrgvin
15. 'the green meadow among the mountains'
16. in the 13th century
17. the Hanseatic League
18. yes