Norway arboretum
University Museum of Bergen
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
48% trees around it and 800 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km48%
- wild within 10 km89%
- species recorded800
The forest around
48% trees.
Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.
Trees, ring by ring
- 0–1 km15%
- 1–3 km52%
- 3–6 km51%
- 6–10 km56%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees52%
- Grassland4%
- Water24%
- Built-up20%
ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.
Who lives here
800 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
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Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.
In numbers
The forest, measured.
Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).
- 48%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 89%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 800Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
When to walk
Best for walking from July to August.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan-4°299 mm
- Feb-4°218 mm
- Mar-3°215 mm
- Apr1°155 mm
- May4°141 mm
- Jun8°154 mm
- Jul11°175 mm
- Aug10°205 mm
- Sep8°268 mm
- Oct4°276 mm
- Nov0°293 mm
- Dec-2°319 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
University Museum of Bergen.
Museum in Bergen, Norway
University Museum of Bergen is an arboretum in Norway.
Seen from space, 48% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 89% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
800 species have been recorded around it: 522 plants, 93 fungi, 167 birds and 18 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Hollyberry cotoneaster, Japanese Knotweed and Sycamore.
The best time to walk is from July to August.
Get there and walk
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Bergenshallen Bobilparkeringcampsite · 4.2 km · 5 within 10 km
- Gullaksen Gjestehusplace to stay · 0.2 km · 71 within 10 km
- Bergennearest town · 0.6 km in a straight line
- Bergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 12 km in a straight lineCar hire at BGO airport (Bergen)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The forest and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 2marked trails within 5 kmStoltzekleiven
- 12named and notable trees within 6 kmDon't Insult The Witch, Brunchorts pil, Bøkstav and 9 more
- 239picnic sites within 4 km
- 79shelters and huts within 6 kmRegnhytten, Hellegrind and 77 more
- 111viewpoints within 5 kmFløyen, Skansen, Sandvikspilen and 108 more
- 5visitor centres within 6 kmSkyss Kundesenter, Billeter Tickets, Turistinformasjonen i Bergen and 2 more
- 531car parks within 3 km
- 5campsites within 10 kmBergenshallen Bobilparkering, Grimen Motell & Camping A/S, Bratland Camping and 2 more
- 71places to stay within 10 kmGullaksen Gjestehus, Scandic Byparken, P-Hotels Bergen and 68 more
- 266restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around University Museum of Bergen.
The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.
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Coastya26 beaches within 10 kmSolheimsviken0.7 km↗Nøstebukten0.8 kmVågen1.1 km↗Sandviken2.3 kmSimonsvik3.0 kmBreiviken3.7 kmTjuvavågane5.3 km↗Lillevågen6.0 km
Lakeyas20 lakes within 15 kmSvartediket0.4 km² · 2.5 kmJordalsvatnet0.6 km² · 5.3 kmStoravatnet1.0 km² · 7.0 kmHaukelandsvatnet0.8 km² · 7.9 kmLangavatnet0.4 km² · 10 kmHopsvatnet0.8 km² · 11 kmKalandsvatnet3.2 km² · 14 kmAskevatnet2.2 km² · 14 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soonFløyen399 m · 1.8 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmMareminehollet1.9 km
Cascadyas13 waterfalls within 15 kmHøkerfossen4.1 kmFossen6.7 kmSlåttelifossen10 kmStorefossen10 kmTverrfossen12 kmUrfeigfossen12 kmTømmerdalsfossen14 kmTungefossen14 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The forest, as people saw it.
Other forests nearby.
University Museum of Bergen
Norway
- 69Forestyas Score
- 48%Trees
- 89%Wild
- 800Species
Scandinavian coastal conifer forests
Norway · 21 km
- 81Forestyas Score
- 76%Trees
- 100%Wild
- 523Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q301787) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 73,635 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Names and photos | Wikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Coastya, Lakeyas, Viewyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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