EuroPride 2020 Bid Book: Bergen Pride, Norway

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Thomas Hill, Ben Andreas Harding/Gaysir.no

Café Opera

Café Opera is a gay-friendly café/nightclub which is located close to the town square, Torgallmenningen. Café Opera is a culture café, and serves as a meeting place for everyone, regardless of color, shape, gender, interest, clothes or religion. Café Opera seeks to be a place for everyone, and emphasizes being a place that safeguards and cultivates its own diversity. Café Opera consist of two floors, and is open from 10 AM to 3 AM.

BarBarista

The colorful café/bar BarBarista is a gay-friendly place with homely atmosphere. The bar has among other things been the venue for several of the ladies’ nights hosted by FRI Bergen and Hordaland.

PINGVINEN PINGVINEN is an intimate pub, bar, restaurant and nightclub in the heart of Bergen, featuring traditional Norwegian food. The friendly people and relaxed atmosphere attracts visitors and locals alike, and the bar is open from 11AM to 3AM.

Landmark

Landmark is Bergen Kunsthall´s (the largest art venue in Bergen) café, bar, concert venue, nightclub, and project space hosting an intensive and eclectic programme. From intimate concerts with legendary artists to crowded parties with local DJs and musicians, and from lectures and debates with leading artists, curators and theoreticians to screenings and performances. Landmark is a gay-friendly venue and has several times hosted the main party during Bergen Pride.

Ladies nights and FemmeFest

FRI Bergen and Hordaland organizes several ladies’ nights throughout the year at different venues, open for women of all genders. There is also a concept called FemmeFest in the city, that hosts pop-up events for ladies with different activities

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