Bergen’s Rise as a Hanseatic Maritime Hub

By the 14th century, coordinated Hanseatic convoys scheduled regular arrivals at Bergen’s wharves, storing salted cod, timber and grain in long wooden warehouses at Bryggen and rotating cargoes through a network that linked the North Sea with Baltic harbors via predictable seasonality and convoy protection.

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