Ua koho ʻia ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Bergen i ka makahiki 2004 ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi o nā «poʻokela huna ʻEulopa» na ka makasina ʻo Time e hoʻomaikaʻi i kāna hana nui.
A ʻo ia ka mea e kipa aku ai i kēia kūlanakauhale nani i kēlā me kēia manawa ke maikaʻi, e ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ʻia e lilo i hoʻokahi o kāna ʻaoʻao nui a hanana paha. ʻO kahi laʻana, kū i waho ka lā Kumukānāwai (Mei 17), i kēia lā hoʻolauleʻa ka poʻe Norewai ma ke kaila a ke hele mau nei nā mōʻī o Nolewai i Bergen.
Aia kekahi o ka Festival of Lights (Nowemapa 28), e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka wehe ʻana o ke kau Kalikimaka me nā ahi ahi ma Byparken.
Ma waena o nā hanana moʻomeheu, hōʻike ʻo Bergen i ke mele i kona ʻano āpau. Ma loko o ka makahiki hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i nā ʻahamele maikaʻi loa ma ka Grieghallen, kahi hale ʻahamele i kapa ʻia ka inoa ma hope o ka haku mele a me ka mea hoʻokani piano a Edvard Grieg i hānau ʻia ma Bergen.
Hiki nō hoʻi ke hoʻokokoke aku i nā kaila ʻē aʻe i ka wā o nā ʻahaʻaina mele he nui i mālama ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki i ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO ka International Guitar Festival (Iune), ka Lost Weekend a i ʻole ka Hole i ka Lani (ʻAukake) kekahi mau laʻana, ʻoiai ʻo ka mea nui ke kanalua ʻole ʻo ka Bergen International Festival (ma waena o Mei a me Iune).
Mai poina nā hanana ʻē aʻe e like me ka Comics Festival a me ka Festival Festival (September) a me ka Bergen International Film Festival (ʻOkakopa).
E lilo i mea mua e wehewehe