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Opus XVI

A historic and personal base in central Bergen

Opus XVI brings a smaller, character-led hotel into the former Bergens Kreditbank building from 1876. Its name and narrative connect the stay to Edvard Grieg, while the central address makes it a considered first or final Bergen stop around a journey into the fjords.

Room at Opus XVI with a double bed and an arched window towards Bergen buildings

Why we think it may suit

  • The protected bank building gives the stay a clear connection to Bergen’s architectural history.
  • Sixty-five individually shaped rooms and named suites offer a more personal setting than a large standardised city hotel.
  • The address on Vågsallmenningen keeps the city stay operationally simple before the family moves on.
  • It can provide a measured pause between arrival in Bergen and a private road or boat journey towards the fjords.
  • Anurway can coordinate several rooms and the onward transport as one plan, subject to hotel confirmation.

Particularly suited to

  • Smaller and mid-sized families
  • Couples travelling with adult children
  • Guests who value music, architecture and a strong sense of place
  • Families willing to confirm a multiple-room plan before booking

Relevant rooms and units

  • The hotel lists 65 rooms and suites.
  • The building was designed by Herman Schirmer in Italian Neo-Renaissance style in 1876 for Bergens Kreditbank; hotel operations began in 2018.
  • The name refers to Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, and the hotel displays objects associated with the Grieg family.
  • Published room sizes include Classic at 18–19 m², Superior at 20–24 m² and Deluxe at 23–29 m²; the pages do not publish a reliable occupancy for every category.
  • The 62 m² Colonialmajoren suite is described with two separate bedrooms: one with a king-size bed and one with a sofa bed.
  • The 69 m² Peer Gynt suite is arranged over two floors, with one bedroom upstairs, two bathrooms, seating areas and a dining table.
  • The hotel serves a breakfast buffet and à la carte breakfast and has a restaurant and bar.
  • Guests have complimentary access to the basement gym.
  • The hotel offers pre-booked valet parking, lists indoor parking at KlosterGarasjen, and describes airport-bus and light-rail access nearby.

Photographs

The historic Opus XVI building from Vågsallmenningen on a rainy night
Upper-floor room at Opus XVI with a sloping ceiling, skylights and seating
Small Opus XVI lounge with dark wood panelling and red chairs around a table
Historic Opus XVI hall with stone columns, an ornate ceiling and seating
Breakfast pastries arranged on wooden boards at Opus XVI

What to confirm before booking

  • The permitted occupancy and exact bed arrangement for every room or suite requested
  • Whether several rooms can be placed close together, which the public pages do not confirm
  • Whether connecting rooms exist in the requested categories
  • Cot and extra-bed availability, age limits and category restrictions
  • The internal stairs in the two-floor Peer Gynt suite, if anyone in the party would find them difficult
  • The exact accessible-room layout, lift access and step-free route through the historic building
  • Halal food, meals prepared without alcohol, minibar requests and other dietary requirements
  • Valet timing, minibus access, luggage handling and the final onward-transport plan

What Anurway can arrange

  • A written room-distribution request once the family’s needs are clear
  • Follow-up with the hotel on occupancy, access, bedding and dietary questions
  • Private transport through licensed operators from the airport and onward to the fjords
  • An Arabic-speaking journey host for local coordination
  • A Bergen-and-fjord sequence in which the hotel is the historic city pause

Opus XVI is the historic Bergen base in this collection: more personal than a large city hotel and well placed as a beginning or ending to a fjord journey. Larger families should treat it as a coordinated set of rooms, not assume that one published suite solves the full room plan.

The public pages do not state occupancy for every room and suite. Multiple-room placement, connecting rooms and the final bed plan must be confirmed directly with the hotel.

Let Anurway arrange the stay
Sources
  1. Opus XVI Read 2026-08-04
  2. HEIMR Collection — HEIMR x Opus XVI Read 2026-08-04
  3. Opus XVI — Suites Read 2026-08-04
  4. Opus XVI — Classic room Read 2026-08-04
  5. Opus XVI — Superior room Read 2026-08-04
  6. Opus XVI — Deluxe room Read 2026-08-04
  7. Opus XVI — 312 Colonialmajoren Read 2026-08-04
  8. Opus XVI — 114 Peer Gynt Read 2026-08-04
  9. Opus XVI — FAQs Read 2026-08-04
  10. Opus XVI — Breakfast Read 2026-08-04