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Christieparken
is
a
municipal
park
on
Landås
in
Bergen
near
Brann
stadion.
Some
facts:
The
old
stone
bridges
are
fine
memorials
of
several
hundred
years
of
traffic
through
the
area.
One
of
the
bridges,
Landåsbroen
from
approx.
1750,
is
supposed
to
be
the
oldest
bridge
in
Bergen.
Landåselven
flows
through
the
area
and
supplies
water
to
Christie
Mølle
in
the
far
north
of
the
park.
The
water
was
known
for
its
good
quality.
Overview
of
the
plants
in
Christiehaven
are
rips,
plum
trees
(blue
and
yellow),
gray
pears,
walnut
trees
(ripe
nuts
in
good
years),
blood
beech,
beech,
golden
rain.
Linden,
maple,
fir,
oak,
lilac,
elm,
beech,
lilac,
chestnut,
hazel,
maple
and
rowan.
Some
history:
Bergen
municipality
bought
Haukeland
farm
in
1897,
and
the
municipality
secured
the
park
area
in
1934.
When
Wilhelm
Frimann
Koren
Christie
returned
to
Bergen
in
1818
after
participating
as
a
member
of
parliament
at
Eidsvoll,
he
planted
seeds
he
had
brought
with
him
on
a
piece
of
open
field
in
Fridalen
by
the
river
from
Ulriken
owned
by
Christie's
cousin,
the
provost
Edvard
Hagerup.
In
about
1820,
Christie
and
members
of
the
group
of
friends
"Quodlibet"
founded
an
interest
society
"Symposium"
to
create
a
nature
park.
The
property
was
fenced
and
they
built
a
"Lystpark",
a
nature
park
based
on
the
English
pattern.
They
cleared,
made
bridges
over
the
river
and
planted
trees,
one
piece
with
beech
represented
Denmark,
and
one
with
spruce
symbolized
Norway
(probably
the
first
spruce
planting
in
Western
Norway).
The
trees
were
christened
with
beer
or
gooseberry
wine
and
each
of
the
friends
had
their
own
stone
bench
with
a
table.
They
visited
each
other
and
the
conviviality
abounded
with
discussions,
cheerful
stories
and
patriotic
songs.
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