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Bergen Cathedral is a long stone church from the second half of the 13th century. The church was built for the Franciscans and is the only one of the mendicant monks' churches in Norway that is still preserved. The church was extensively restored after the city fire of 1702, and in the late 19th century it was extensively modified under the direction of the architect Peter Blix. Many medieval stone details were renewed and the rococo interiors were removed. Today, the church has a two-aisled church hall and an east choir. In the 17th century, the church was given a tower to the west and a nave to the south. The interior was completely neo-Gothic from the 1880s.

Bergen Deaf Church is a brick church that was built in 1989. The church has a fan plan and was designed by architects Atle Strømstad and Lasse Bjørkhaug.

The new church in Bergen was built in 1622, but the present appearance is mainly due to the reconstruction in 1756. The new church is built of stone in a mixture of baroque and rococo style. The interior bears the mark of the reconstruction period of the 1950s, which took place after the wartime destruction in 1944.

The Berger Church is a long church from 1895, designed by the architect Schak August Steenberg Bull, a cousin of the famous composer Edvard Grieg. The Ytre Arna Church in Bergen is a copy of the Berger Church. The churches have the same architect and date from the same period.

It was first mentioned in 1196 when Henry of Saxony (son of Henry the Lion) gave the patronage of the church to the monastery Homburg. First construction measures are documented in 1394 (so-called " Gothic") They were probably carried out by the same construction hut as the extensions of St.Marien in Muhlhausen ( Visible, among other things, by the stonemason signs and the division of the relay gable on the south side ( show side to the city) ) The main portal of the church also dates from that time (1394). On the stem of the portal stood figures of Mary and St. Stephen (The statue of the Virgin Mary was still present in the 19th century)

The Bergkirchli was built in the 15th century, at 1900m altitude. In 1974 and 1997, restorations were performed. Today, the church is a concert hall, its religious use is mainly limited to funerals and weddings.

The Bergsdalen church was completed in 1955. The architect of the building was Leiv Tvilde. The furniture dates from the year of construction or a later year and Leiv Tvilde also designed the altar, the baptismal font and the pulpit. The altarpiece, dating from 1968, is a triptych by Ole Gabriel Dahl.

Bergsfjord church, located in the small, isolated village of Bergsfjord, is a wooden built in 1951. The architect of the church is Harald Sunde (T.Øren).

Berkåk church is a wooden church built in 1878. The architect of this neo-Gothic church was Johannes H.Nissen.

The church of Berle, formerly the Berle Chapel, has been a "working church" since 1977. The building, made of concrete and wood, was designed by the architect Alf Apalseth. Since 1999, the church has been a parish church in the parish of Berle.