KODE is one of Norway's largest art museums, spread across four buildings along the shores of Bergen's city lake. The collection exists largely thanks to one man: Rasmus Meyer, a Bergen-born ship owner whose obsessive passion for art led him to acquire works throughout his life before donating the entire collection to the city in 1916.
KODE 3, the building which bears his name, is the crown jewel: it holds the world's third-largest collection of Edvard Munch's paintings, including "Jealousy," "Melancholy" and "Evening in Karl Johan." KODE 4 focuses on international modern art and dedicated rooms to the painter Nikolai Astrup. KODE 1 covers fine craft and design.
VoiceMap's self-guided audio tours of Bergen use KODE to trace the city's Golden Age of Norwegian art, connecting the museum's lakeside setting to the broader story of Bergen's cultural ambitions and the wealthy merchants who shaped them.