For many years, Bergen has had restrained drinking regulations that are stricter than the alcohol law. Now the new Conservative-led city council is going a long way in liberalizing the pub rules. It is a long step in a new direction for the country’s second largest city. In a new proposal that the city council presents today, several key points disappear from the rules in the city. Now there will be more opening for sales on public holidays and at night. And nightclubs that want and are allowed to do so can keep the taps running until 3am. Long list of new rules These are the most important changes to the city councils’ rules. Opens so that all pubs can serve until 03.00 at night. Opens for the sale of alcohol on Christmas Eve. Extended sale of alcohol on Easter, Pentecost and New Year’s Eve until 18.00 (from 16.00 earlier). Promise to sell alcohol from 6 a.m. (previously the rules applied from 8 a.m.). Parks and urban spaces are no longer defined as areas that must have alcohol-free zones. Removes wording that sports events for adults are basically alcohol-free zones. It is the municipalities themselves that govern the rules of the pub via regulations and guidelines. A smiling city council met news with news about the alcohol laws in Bergen, from left-wing business councilor Reidar Digranes, finance councilor Eivind Nævdal-Bolstad (H) and health councilor Marte Monstad. Photo: Brynjar Osgjerd / news Want people to move to the city Three representatives of the city council will meet with news on Tuesday about the matter. – The changes we are making now are that we are largely making changes so that we are in line with the Alcohol Act. We want Bergen to be a city you move to and not from. We want the business world to have good conditions, says business councilor Reidar Digranes to news. – This is not a new policy for us. But we are gaining traction. It is an industry that is important for Bergen. Both for permanent residents and tourists. They employ 10,000 in Bergen alone. They need predictable conditions, says Eivind Nævdal-Bolstad (H), who is finance councilor in Bergen. – We have had alcohol-free zones. This has resulted in a special Bergen rule where there has been a liquor ban in parts of the city center area. Now there will be a fair treatment of the players in the city, says Marte Monstad, FRP’s health council in Bergen. Donation to 03 must be applied for if the case is sent out for hearing with a three-week deadline. – We allow outdoor dining to remain open until 3 in some cases if it is justifiable based on the surroundings. There will be individual assessments. It is open to looking at it in each individual application, says Digranes – The entire city council agrees on the changes we are making. We standardize so that it becomes easier to deal with the serving times in Bergen municipality. Now it will be 2 o’clock all week, and 3 if you have a responsible hosting course, says Digranes. Actualized by bar brawl The bar rules in the city will be updated this winter by a bar brawl in the middle of the city. news was then able to reveal that the traditional nightclub Logehaven in the center of Bergen was the subject of a heated conflict between the municipality and the city’s nightlife players. The outdoor restaurant opened in a new guise in 2023 after it was bought and refurbished by the hotel group De Bergenske, which owns five hotels and seven restaurants in Bergen. Owner and managing director Kjetil Smørås was then accused of having broken the liquor regulations since the reopening of the place, which has now been named Haven. Read more about the case here:
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Will have alcohol sales on Christmas Eve and donation to 03 – news Vestland
