Bergen

Hulen

Hulen is basically a cave under a hill in Bergen, and somehow that cave has been the city's most important rock club since 1969. The walls are literally rock, there are drips from the ceiling, and the whole place runs on about 100 volunteers who do everything from bartending to booking to designing posters. It's not polished, and that's the point. You come here for concerts, mostly. The list of artists who've played this stage is absurd: Motorpsycho, Kaizers Orchestra, Mogwai, Madrugada, Turbonegro, GZA. Nord-Europas oldest rock club, and it's won best concert organizer twice. The history is baked into the walls, literally. But it's also just a community. Students, music nerds, young people who want to get into the culture industry. If you're looking to pick up skills or build a network, this is the place. The vibe is less "venue" and more "weird little society you accidentally join and never leave." Friends for life, allegedly. Probably true. It started when students in 1968 convinced…