Kalfaret is an affluent neighbourhood of the city of Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, located in Bergenhus

Bergenhus

Bergenhus is a borough of the city of Bergen, Norway.-Location:Named after the historic Bergenhus Fortress, Bergenhus makes up the city centre and the neighborhoods immediately surrounding it, including Sandviken and Kalfaret, as well as the mountains to the north and east of the city centre...

 borough, adjacent to the city centre.

History

Until the end of the 19th century, wealthy citizens of Bergen had lived side by side with the rest of the city's population. However, as they became increasingly affluent and received more foreign impulses, the upper class soke to free themselves of dirtiness and hecticness of the city. Kalferet, located by to the main road into Bergen, was the natural choice as a quiet but still convenient location. A rather affluent neighbourhood even today, most of the large villas built around 1900 are still intact. Hansa Brewery

Hansa Brewery

Hansa Bryggeri is the local brewery of Bergen, Norway.It was established in 1891 by Waldemar Stoud Platou when he acquired the minor local brewery Det Sembske Bryggeri...

was formerly located at Kalfaret.