We arrived in Bergen, on the cross country train from Oslo, just before 6pm with no room booked. The train guard had warned us that there were no rooms available in Bergen and was advising people to get off a few stops earlier at Voss. We risked going on to Bergen and spent an hour or so in the tourist information office - waiting to see if they could find us a room.
We were given directions and paid for our first night at the Haukeland Hotel and found it pretty easily after a short bus ride half way up the Ulrikken mountain.
The receptionist who booked us in was very friendly and explained the hotel is used for hospital patients and their relatives only in the winter, but in the summer they rent out rooms to tourists.
Our room was clean and more than adequate, a large single bed and a sofa bed. A balcony and en suite toilet/shower and a TV. Breakfast the next morning was very extensive and we booked to stay in the room another night we liked it so much - and it was half the price of our room near Oslo!
- Haukeland Hotell Bergen
