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Bergen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈbærɡən] ( listen)) is a city and municipality in Hordaland on the west coast of Norway. As of the end of Q3 2015, the municipality had a population of 277,378, and the urban population was 250,420 as of 1 January 2015, making Bergen the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers an area of 465 square kilometres (180 sq mi) and is located on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are located 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 located on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland and consists of eight boroughs—Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevåg, Ytrebygda, Årstad and Åsane.
Trading in Bergen may have started as early as the 1020s. According to tradition the city was founded in 1070 by king Olav Kyrre; its name was Bjørgvin, "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 surpassed by the capital city, Oslo, in the 1830s. The remains of the quays, Bryggen, is a World Heritage Site. The city was hit by numerous fires. 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 at the same time became a part of Hordaland county.
Peter Bergen (born December 12, 1962) is an Americanprint and broadcast journalist, author, documentary producer, and CNN's national security analyst. In 1997, Bergen produced the first television interview with Osama bin Laden. The interview, which aired on CNN, marked the first time that bin Laden declared war against the United States to a Western audience. Bergen has written four books: Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden (2001), The Osama bin Laden I Know (2006), The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and al-Qaeda (2011),and Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden From 9/11 to Abbottabad (2012). Three of the books were New York Times bestsellers and they have been translated into twenty languages.
Bergen was born in Minneapolis and grew up in London. He attended Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire before receiving an Open Scholarship to New College, Oxford, in 1981, where he earned a Master of Arts in Modern History.
Actors: Bert Struys (director), Senne Rouffaer (director), Marcel Hendrickx (actor), Ward de Ravet (actor), Bob Van der Veken (actor), Cyriel Van Gent (actor), Janine Bischops (actress), Ray Verhaeghe (actor), Raymond Bossaerts (actor), Lode Van Beek (actor), Eddie Brugman (actor), Rik van den Abbeele (producer), Elvire Deprez (actress), Nora Oosterwijk (actress), Marieke Vervaecke (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: The year 2500. People move by beam or by mini-jet, sleep is no longer necessary, the moon is an artificial sun so the temperature is under control and there are no more nights. People live for 300 years and more. The world is ruled by 'Raad der Wijzen', the council of the wise. In this time lives Peter Bergen, an archeologist. He discovers with his friend An Bal the tomb of Malegijs, a magician from the 13th century. In that tomb they find the Stone of Wisdom. An's brother is a cybernetic who has made a time machine, against the will of the Council. Peter travels with the time capsule to the middle ages and saves there Isolde. Together they travel through the time but due to a time block they can go no further the Antwerp in the 1960's. At the end, everything turns out well and Isolde comes to live with Peter to live in the 26th century.
Genres: Sci-Fi,