Tattoo shops in Bergen
A tattoo is a permanent decision made in a room you'll spend hours in, so the studio matters as much as the artist. Bergen, Vestland has 8 tattoo shops mapped right now. All 8 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns.
This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Bergen (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Leading Light and Bergen Ink Center, plus Lets Buzz. If a studio's missing from Bergen's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.

The Bergen tattoo lineup
8 mapped within about 40 km:
Leading Light
Tattoo studio
Leading Light — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Leading Light: the map lists its hours as Mo-We,Fr 10:00-17:00; Th 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-We,Fr 10:00-17:00; Th 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
Phone: +47 55 55 83 83
Bergen Ink Center
Tattoo studio
Bergen Ink Center is Tattoo studio.
Lets Buzz
Tattoo studio
Lets Buzz is Tattoo studio. Lets Buzz also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-17:00
Phone: +47 55 31 57 57
Star Ink Tattoo Bergen
Tattoo studio
Star Ink Tattoo Bergen is Tattoo studio. Star Ink Tattoo Bergen also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 10:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 10:00-16:00

Witchy Bitchy Beauty Spot & Original Import
Tattoo studio
Witchy Bitchy Beauty Spot & Original Import is Tattoo studio. Witchy Bitchy Beauty Spot & Original Import also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +47 980 08 760
Open Mind Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Open Mind Tattoo is Tattoo studio.
North Star Tattoo Bergen
Tattoo studio
North Star Tattoo Bergen — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about North Star Tattoo Bergen: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-16:00; Sa 10:00-15:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-16:00; Sa 10:00-15:00
Båskjell Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio
Båskjell Tattoo Studio is Tattoo studio.


What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Bergen
4 of the 8 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — tattoo studios often work by appointment, so posted hours can be more of a guideline than a promise.
3 have websites listed. Studios with websites usually show portfolios there — the fastest way to tell if a shop's style matches yours.
The Bergen tattoo shop tour
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Leading Light, Bergen Ink Center, Lets Buzz, Star Ink Tattoo Bergen, Witchy Bitchy Beauty Spot & Original Import, Open Mind Tattoo, North Star Tattoo Bergen, and Båskjell Tattoo Studio. That's 8 stops on the Bergen tattoo shop tour.
Tattoo tips for Bergen
Picking a studio in Bergen? A little homework pays off:
- Trust the artist's placement advice at Leading Light. They've seen thousands of bodies. If they say the design won't age well there, listen.
- Don't haggle on price at Bergen Ink Center. You're paying for hours of someone's skilled labour on your skin forever. Bargain hunting has no place in a tattoo shop.
- No swimming while it heals. Pools, lakes, hot tubs — all off limits for two to three weeks. Fresh tattoos and bacteria don't mix.
- Think about placement long-term. Hands, neck and face limit job options in some fields. Your artist will be honest about this if you ask.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Bergen — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new tattoo shop in Bergen can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 8 that's closed, or a great tattoo shop we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
We don't rate studios or artists, and we never list prices — those are between you and the shop. What we list is the where and the how-to-find, from places real mappers have verified.
If you run one of the 8 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Tattoo shop listings for Bergen: 8 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.