Head to head
Bergen vs Trondheim
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bergen is the larger of the two, with 294,029 people to 216,518 in Trondheim. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Everything below is the evidence for that: population, size within each city’s own country, the distance between them, and where each one stands on the global board.
The answer
SummaryNeither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bergen is the larger of the two, with 294,029 people to 216,518 in Trondheim. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Bergen nor Trondheim has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Norway| Metric | Bergen | Trondheim |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 294,029 | 216,518 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Norway | Norway |
| Region | Vestland | Trøndelag |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:53 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:53 AM · UTC+02:00 |
| CityWar rank | Unclaimed | Unclaimed |
| City score$1 contributed = 1 point | $0 | $0 |
| Backers | 0 | 0 |
| Score added todaysince 00:00 UTC | $0 | $0 |
Distance and time
429 km apartBergen and Trondheim are 429 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Norway. Trondheim keeps time the same time as Bergen.
Bergen has 77,511 more people — 1.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Bergen or Trondheim?
- Bergen is the larger city by population, with 294,029 people to 216,518 in Trondheim — a difference of 77,511. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Bergen and Trondheim?
- 429 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Norway. Trondheim keeps time the same time as Bergen.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Bergen or Trondheim?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bergen is the larger of the two, with 294,029 people to 216,518 in Trondheim. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
- How is a city's CityWar score calculated?
- One US dollar contributed is one point, and cities are ordered by total score with the highest first. When two cities are level the one backed first holds the higher rank. Nothing else is in the calculation — no population weighting, no votes and no editorial judgement — which is why Bergen and Trondheim both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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