Solheimsviken is a bay and a neighbourhood in the city of

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

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county,

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. The bay is situated at the end of the Damsgårdssundet strait, near the large Store Lungegårdsvann bay. Located near the city centre of Bergen, Solheimsviken was the first urbanized area in the municipality of Årstad (which is now Årstad borough in the city of Bergen). Solheimsviken has traditionally been dominated by

heavy industry Heavy industry is an industry that involves one or more characteristics such as large and heavy products; large and heavy equipment and facilities (such as heavy equipment, large machine tools, huge buildings and large-scale infrastructure); ...

, although none of this remains. In recent years, inner Solheimsviken has been developed into a

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with the presence of several companies including the headquarters of GC Rieber, as well as the

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Arenum. There are further plans for new combined hotel and convention centre as well as a new regional headquarters for the financial group DNB.

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Geography of Bergen {{Bergen-stub