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27 Sep 2026 · 5:58

The Strange Idea That Changed Bergen’s Streets

In Bergen, Norway, a bag of rubbish can disappear into a street hatch. Later, it travels through pipes beneath the city.

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In Bergen, Norway, a bag of rubbish can disappear into a street hatch. Later, it travels through pipes beneath the city.
Building that system under streets already packed with buildings, cables and sewers was the hard part. This is how Bergen did it—and what it cost.
Visual credits:
“Bossnett” by Mathildeeilertsen, cropped and animated, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bossnett.jpg — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ “Narrow streets - Bergen, Norway” by Sergey Ashmarin, cropped and animated, CC BY-SA 3.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Narrow_streets_-_Bergen,_Norway_-_panoramio.jpg — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ “Street in Bergen” by Pudelek (Marcin Szala), cropped and animated, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Street_in_Bergen.jpg — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Satellite imagery: NASA Earth Observatory, Blue Marble: Next Generation. https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/blue-marble-next-generation/