Administration
Monday–Friday 10.00–16.00
Boksalongen
Monday–Thursday 11.00–19.00
Friday and Saturday 11.00–16.00
Colonialen
Monday–Saturday:Lunch
11.00–15.00
Dinner 17.00–21.30
Doors close at 23.00
As a non-profit foundation, our purpose is to communicate and awaken interest in literature and reading as well as to encourage debate on current social issues.
Our doors opened on 31 January 2013. We both curate our own events and rent out space to external organisers. Our premises encompass five meeting rooms, an auditorium, a podcast studio, a bookshop, and a café and brasserie as well as offices and writing pods.
We are located in the centre of Bergen, with our main entrance at Østre Skostredet 5. The entrance in Vestre Skostredet provides access for prams and wheelchairs. Cycle parking is also available there. The premises have a lift and audio induction loops.
Tickets are sold on our website, through the TicketCo app, in the Boksalongen bookshop and at the door. Student rates also apply for social security recipients. People with an accompanying person ID are admitted free of charge.
We encourage everyone attending events in our premises to buy tickets in advance. The doors normally open 20 minutes before an event begins. People turning up after the programme starts are not guaranteed entry.
Arne Selvik, Kjetil Bjorvatn, Øyunn Viken, Øyvind Vågnes, Camilla Bernt, Nhu Diep and Sivert Nesbø.
