Store Lungegårdsvannet

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Panorama of the southern shore of Store Lungegaardsvann, taken from the north-western shore. The city's hospital, Haukeland Universitetssykehus, can be seen to the left in the picture.

Store Lungegårdsvannet is a bay located in the city and municipality of Bergen, Norway. The bay separates the the city centre, located in the borough of Bergenhus, from the southern boroughs of the city, Årstad, Fana and Ytrebygda. The bay is situated at the end of the fjord of Puddefjorden.

[edit] History

The bay is named after the farm of Lungegården. In the middle ages, the bay was named Alrekstadvågen, after the royal farm of Alrekstad. In the 1930s, the bay, and the area surrounding it, was an attractive recreation for the inhabitants of the city, with boat harbours and beaches. Starting in the 1950s, the bay was seen as a resource for the city to cover the accute need for free land. As a result, there have been several fill-ins of parts of the lake, mainly on the northern shore. The bridge Gamle Nygårdsbro crosses the bay between it and the fjord.

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