卑爾根市始建於1070年。布呂根為城市最古老的部分。1360年，漢薩同盟在此建立貿易站，卑爾根也發展成一個重要的貿易中心。布呂根的建築物逐漸由漢薩商人接管。倉庫裝滿貨物，特別是來自挪威北部的魚，以及來自歐洲的穀物。

卑爾根在歷史上經歷過許多火災，因為，傳統上，大部分房屋為木結構。布呂根的部分地區毀於1955年火災。這個區域用於建設布呂根博物館。

如今，布呂根布滿遊客，紀念品店，禮品店，以及餐館，酒吧和博物館

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Bryggen (the dock), also known as Tyskebryggen (Norwegian: [ˈtʏskəˌbrʏɡːn̩], the German dock), is a series of Hanseatic commercial buildings lining the eastern side of the Vågen harbour in Bergen, Norway. Bryggen has been on the UNESCO list for World Cultural Heritage sites since 1979.

The city of Bergen was founded around 1070 within the original boundaries of Tyskebryggen. Around 1350 a Kontor of the Hanseatic League was established there, and Tyskebryggen became the centre of the Hanseatic commercial activities in Norway. Today, Bryggen houses museums, shops, restaurants and pubs.

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Bryggen, the old wharf of Bergen, is a reminder of the town’s importance as part of the Hanseatic League’s trading empire from the 14th to the mid-16th century. Many fires, the last in 1955, have ravaged the characteristic wooden houses of Bryggen. Its rebuilding has traditionally followed old patterns and methods, thus leaving its main structure preserved, which is a relic of an ancient wooden urban structure once common in Northern Europe. Today, some 62 buildings remain of this former townscape.