The hang out (Cafes in Bergen part 3)

This place is really on top of my list over hotspots in Bergen. This is THE place, I practically feel like I've grown up in this place and on this food. They serve some of the best blings (huge slices of bread topped with your choice of bread spread) there is. The place also has a cozy atmosphere, with relaxed customers, who spend their time playing backgammon and chatting. One of the best things about this place is actually the customers. You find everything here: city originals, students, poets, wannabe-poets, breastfeeding mothers and my favorite; the old crazy priest who lost his job in the 60s after being (rightly) accused for exorcism. He is now spending his days writing letters to various literature magazines, complaining over the state of the Norwegian language today. The place was originally a charming little deli, and when the old couple who owned it had to close, a young Indian stepped in, saved it from oblivion and recreated the original atmosphere. It is a great place. A place that makes you feel like you belong in society... no matter who you are (and for some people: what you did...) Anyone who goes to Bergen should make this place his first stop. It is definitely an intensive introduction to my city.