What Is The City But The People? Photo: Thor Brødreskift

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May 24, 2023

A Festival opening with and by the people of Bergen. Watch the recording of the opening ceremony here. 

What Is the City but the People? is a celebration of the people who make up the fabric of the place we are situated in. Raised above the pavements, members of the community paraded down a 60m catwalk backed by live music, photographic and literary work. Together, it created a kaleidoscopic picture of life in Bergen.

Watch the recording of the opening ceremony

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