Kontor

The Hanseatic Warehouse in King's Lynn is the only surviving Hanseatic League building in England

The Oostershuis, headquarters of the Hanseatic League in Antwerp

A kontor was a foreign trading post of the Hanseatic League. The word kontor means office in Norwegian and other Scandinavian languages.

In addition to the major kontore in London (Steelyard), Ipswich, Bruges, Bergen (Bryggen), and Novgorod (Peterhof), some ports had a representative merchant and a warehouse.

Of all the kontor buildings, only Bergen's kontor, known as Bryggen in Norway, has survived until the present day. Bryggen was closed for business in 1754. Bergen's kontor is on the UNESCO list of the World Cultural Heritage sites.

The Hanseatic Warehouse in King's Lynn, England, survives - but it was converted into offices in 1971.

Panoramic view of Bryggen