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4 unusual facts about Årstad


Årstad Idrettslag

Årstad Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports team and former association football club based in Årstad, Bergen.

Årstad, Bergen

Årstad contains five elementary schools, Fridalen skole, Kronstad skole, Landås skole, Minde skole and Slettebakken skole, one lower secondary school, Gimle skole, one combined elementary and lower secondary school, Ny Krohnborg barne- og ungdomsskole, one special school, Alrekstad alternative skole, as well as two upper secondary schools, Årstad videregående skole and Langhaugen videregående skole.

However, Alrekstad lost its importance when King Eystein I moved his seat to Holmen, located within the city limits.

Brann Stadion

It was his idea, in 1917, that Brann build a new stadium to call their own at Fridalen in the borough of Årstad.


Puddefjord Bridge

The bridge carries six lanes of motor vehicles and two cycle/footpaths across the Puddefjorden in central Bergen, between Møhlenpris in the city centre and Gyldenpris in Årstad borough.

Schak Bull

He was born in Årstad as the son of Colonel Jens Munthe Bull (1815-1905) and his wife Johanne Margrethe Hagerup (1817-1888).


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