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Basic information Location details Address Kleiva 2, 5152 Bønes telephone: (+47) 55101912 (there are no local area codes in Norway. The country dialling code is 47)
Emergency and Contact numbers: Fire 110 Police 112 Ambulance 113 Richard Nash Work: Institute for Marine Research, Nordnes, Bergen Tel: 55236855 Mob: 91845894 Email:
[email protected]
Audrey Geffen Work: Department of Biology, University of Bergen (High Technology Center) Tel: 55584435 Mob: 92844163 Email:
[email protected]
Locale The Yellow Pages (www.gulesider.no) has a map (kart) function that can help you locate both business and private addresses: http://www.gulesider.no/kart/map.c?q=bergen+5020&imgt=MAP&id=a_10000325244 Similar information is available from www.1881.no Bus station
University
Kleiva 2
airport
This area of Bergen is called Bønes, or Kråkenes The nearest main road is Straumeveien Distance to the centre of Bergen is 7 km Distance to the airport is 10 km The nearest supermarkets are Safari and REMA 1000, located at the first roundabout in the direction of town, approximately 20 minutes walking (1 km)
Supermarkets
Bus stops
Petrol station
Transportation Bus The easiest way to travel in and out of town is by bus. The bus route 525 passes directly outside the house on the main road. Bus route 60 also passes close, with stops at the TexacoHydro petrol station going into town, or at the REMA 1000 supermarket roundabout coming out of town. The official name of the stop is: Kråkenes 2 (Kleiva), ask the bus driver for Kleiva All buses travelling into town have the route number 100, they have their regular route numbers showing when travelling out of town The 525 bus passes each hour at a few minutes past the hour (but also at 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30 in the morning).
You can find all the buses passing each stop in touch from the Tide bus company route planner: http://www.web2051.no/bin/tp/help.exe/en?L=vs_tide&tpl=home&
Taxis – Bergen Taxi (tel: 07000) Norgestaxi (tel: 08000)
Car – Some parking spaces are available along the road to the house. Driving into Bergen requires payment of a road tax – your car number plate is photographed and you need to go into a designated station to pay the toll (15kr for cars). It is also possible to get an electronic tag (deposit 200kr) so that you can pay automatically if you will be driving around a lot. The toll system and instructions are given in English here: http://www.brotunnel.no/Default.aspx?tabid=584&subtabid=592&subsubtabid=729
Apartment contents Furnishings Kitchen utensils, pots and pans, dishes, glasses and cutlery are all supplied with the apartment. Bedlinen, duvet, pillows and towels are supplied with the apartment A small supply of cleaning supplies, light bulbs, and toilet paper is also provided at the beginning of each lease Please replace what you use, keep the apartment clean and tidy, and let us know if there are any breakages.
Appliances and Heating (Instruction manuals are in apartment box file) Fuse Box – The fuse box is located in the area between the kitchen and the bathroom, next to the door to the bathroom. The trip switches should be UP for ON. The individual switches are labelled: 1. Komfyr – Cooker 2. Kjøkken – Kitchen (lights, sockets, underfloor heating) 3. Vaskemaskin – Washing machine/dryer 4. Varmt vannsbereder – Hot water heater
5. Ledig – free/unused 6. Bod-Bad-Sov – Store area, bathroom, bedroom (lights, sockets, underfloor heating) 7. Oppvask maskin – Dishwasher 8. Stue – Living room (lights, sockets, underfloor heating)
Heating – There is underfloor heating throughout the apartment. Thermostats control the temperature in each room
Hot water – The hot water tank is located in the cupboard just outside the bathroom door. The water temperature can be controlled if needed, please ask.
Fire alarm and smoke detector – The smoke detector for the flat is located on the ceiling in the sitting area, near the bedroom door. This is an optical smoke detector and is linked into the main house alarm system. If it should go off by mistake please contact us. If we are not available, please contact: Sector Alarm – tel: 03033 Explain the problem, and you will be instructed how to shut it off. You will need to supply two passwords: “our” password is - hillcliffe “their” password is - marshall
Kitchen – Refrigerator
Dishwasher
Oven
Extractor Fan
Toaster
Electric Water Kettle
Cleaning – Washing Machine (Combination Washer-Dryer)
Iron There is an ironing board stored in the cupboard next to the hot water heater Vacuum cleaner The vacuum cleaner is stored in the cupboard next to the hot water heater. It does not require bags, but the dust cylinder needs to be emptied when full
Facilities Internet The WiFi is shared through the whole house. Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : lan IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.138 The system is a “secure network” so just ask for the encryption key.
Garbage, Rubbish, Recycling The rubbish is collected every week on Tuesdays. Please put normal garbage/rubbish in a plastic bag in the wheelie-bin labelled Kleiva 2. The bins are usually at the top of the steps near the ramp to the bus stop. Recycling We can recycle plastics and paper through the regular rubbish pick-up, but these are collected every 4th week. Paper should go into the brown wheelie-bin, and plastic must be placed in the clear plastic recycling bags – and put out next to the bin on the correct day. In theory the collection days are the Tuesday of weeks: 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46 and 50. Glass, metal, and cardboard can be recycled in large containers around town.
Other Useful information Emergency (Police, Fire, Ambulance) – The Norwegian emergency numbers are 110 for fire, 112 for police, and 113 for health. The centres are interconnected, a call to the wrong number will be rapidly transferred.
Sports – University Sports Club: http://www.sib.no/sports, Swimming There are several public swimming pools around Bergen. The city central pool is a 25 m pool with diving boards and a children’s pool. There is also a sauna. Prices are kr. 55,- or a card with 12 swims kr. 550,- 12 and 6 month passes are also available (kr. 2.500, kr. 1.400). The pool is open most mornings and several evenings, and on the weekends. The address is Teatergaten 37, 5010 Bergen, Tlf.: 55 56 95 70
Diving Skiing Kayak/Canoe
Arts – BIF Greig Hall (Bergen Philharmonic)
Web links – Information for Guest researchers from University of Bergen: http://uib.no/english/Guests/
Bergen city council: https://www.bergen.kommune.no/aktuelt/english UiB student services: http://www.sib.no/a-good-student-life-inbergen/view?set_language=en Includes information about sports and activities UiB information in English: http://uib.no/info/english/ Includes information about Bergen
