Composer Edvard Grieg and his wife Nina Hagerup spent summers at this charming Swiss-style wooden villa from 1885 until Grieg's death in 1907. Surrounded by fragrant, tumbling gardens and occupying a semi-rural setting on a peninsula by coastal Nordåsvatnet lake, south of Bergen, it's a truly lovely place to visit. Apart from the Grieg's original home, there is a modern exhibition centre, a 200-seat concert hall and perhaps the most compelling feature of them all, a tiny, lake-side Composer's Hut .
Here the composer was always guaranteed silence, if not his muse.
From June to mid-September, there is a daily bus tour (adult/child/student & senior Nkr250/100/200) departing from the tourist office at 11.30am that includes transport, entrance and a short piano concert; it’s wise to pre-purchase tickets. Also see the website or visit the tourist office for details of summer recitals; there is a free shuttle bus for evening performances. The best public transport access is via a city centre tram to Nesttun (two-hour ticket Nkr36), alighting at the stop ‘Hop’; from there it’s a 20-minute signed walk.
