Bryggen (1979)
Norway

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Bryggen, the old wharf of Bergen, is a reminder of the town's importance as part of the Hanseatic League's trading empire from the 14th to the mid-16th century. Many fires, the last in 1955, have ravaged the beautiful wooden houses of Bryggen but its main structure has been preserved. The remaining 61 buildings date from 1702, and a large number of them are now used as artists' studios.

• Norway 1961. Haakonshallen, one of the remaining buildings on Bryggen. The stamp is part of a set of two, the other one featuring the University of Oslo. 
• Norway 2006. Bryggen. The stamp is part of a set of six different tourist stamps issued June 2006, but none of the other stamps in the set are related to World Heritage. 

From 1350 to 1754, Bryggen in Bergen (The Wharf of Bergen) was the seat of the German Office, and the center of the Hanseatic League in Norway, and the whole area was in daily speaking referred to as "The German Wharf". 

Sources and links:

• Norgeskatalogen (Stamp Catalogue of Norway) 2000.

• Directorate for Cultural Heritage (Riksantikvaren)

Other World Heritage Sites in Norway (on this web site). Inactive links are not described on stamps. Please refer to the UNESCO-listing, Norway-Section for further information about the individual properties. 

• Urnes Stave Church
• Røros
• Rock Drawings of Alta
• Vegaøyan -- The Vega Archipelago
• Struve Geodetic Arc 
• West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord

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