Augustin Hotel is unusual in being Bergen's oldest family-run hotel, owned by the same family for three generations. As Bergen's only city center hotel that is not part of a hotel chain, you can be assured that your hosts are genuinely interested in doing their best for their guests.
The oldest part of the hotel was built in the Art Nouveau style in 1909 and has been owned by the Smørås family since 1919. Since then the hotel has expanded, incorporating old neighboring houses and building new wings. In recent years, it has undergone extensive modernization. Guests can enjoy both a pleasant "old-fashioned" lounge and modern, award-winning interiors. Its highly conscious use of colors and fittings helps make the Augustin a hotel out of the ordinary.
Art is important to the hotel's owners and this is apparent throughout the hotel, not merely in the specially designed award-winning doors but also in its many original works of art, mostly by Norwegian artists. Paintings, sculptures and graphic prints add character to the hotel rooms and public areas. Johan Anton Risan, Johanne Marie Hansen Krone, Jacob Weidemann, Franz Widerberg, Per Barclay, Knut Steen and Bård Breivik are among the artists represented.
