It is situated on the Nordnes peninsula and is one of Bergen's tourist attractions.

[1] When it opened on 27 August 1960, it was considered to be the largest and most modern aquarium in Northern Europe.

Architect Ola B. Åsness was attached to the project during the construction phase.

The complex houses over 60 tanks of fish, marine invertebrates, as well as three outdoor ponds with seals, penguins and cyprinids and a tropical branch with reptiles and monkeys.

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