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sjøhus

English translation: quayside (wharfside) warehouse

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Norwegian term or phrase:sjøhus
English translation:quayside (wharfside) warehouse
Entered by: Charles Ek

13:47 Sep 24, 2012
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Real Estate
Norwegian term or phrase: sjøhus
I'm interested only in the type of building seen at Bryggen in Bergen and in other locations along the coast that were actually built to be used in maritime commerce. The characteristic feature is a door that opens onto the water for loading and unloading cargoes. No seaside cottage estate agents need apply, please. ;-)
Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 06:18
quayside warehouses
Explanation:
Would this suffice, perhaps?

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Note added at 28 mins (2012-09-24 14:16:28 GMT)
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Have you checked out UNESCO's website (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/59 )?
" Bryggen, the old wharf of Bergen, is a reminder of the town’s "importance as part of the Hanseatic League’s trading empire from the 14th to the mid-16th century. Many fires, the last in 1955, have ravaged the characteristic wooden houses of Bryggen. Its rebuilding has traditionally followed old patterns and methods, thus leaving its main structure preserved, which is a relic of an ancient wooden urban structure once common in Northern Europe. Today, some 62 buildings remain of this former townscape."
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brigidm
Norway
Local time: 13:18
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Hi Brigid. Thanks for your suggestion. I went with "wharfside warehouse" in the end, to make it more familiar in this tourism promotion to users of US English. I figured I could get away with that in light of examples like this one: http://www.galliardhomes.com/static/Wharfside_Point_South .
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quayside warehouses


Explanation:
Would this suffice, perhaps?

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Note added at 28 mins (2012-09-24 14:16:28 GMT)
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Have you checked out UNESCO's website (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/59 )?
" Bryggen, the old wharf of Bergen, is a reminder of the town’s "importance as part of the Hanseatic League’s trading empire from the 14th to the mid-16th century. Many fires, the last in 1955, have ravaged the characteristic wooden houses of Bryggen. Its rebuilding has traditionally followed old patterns and methods, thus leaving its main structure preserved, which is a relic of an ancient wooden urban structure once common in Northern Europe. Today, some 62 buildings remain of this former townscape."

brigidm
Norway
Local time: 13:18
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 15
Grading comment
Hi Brigid. Thanks for your suggestion. I went with "wharfside warehouse" in the end, to make it more familiar in this tourism promotion to users of US English. I figured I could get away with that in light of examples like this one: http://www.galliardhomes.com/static/Wharfside_Point_South .
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Brigid, it's similar to things I've rolled around my tongue here. I'll keep it in mind.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jeffrey engberg: Also simply quayside houses. Not all are industrial.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Jeffrey
agree  Lene Johansen: Alternatively Hanseatic quayside houses, also more references here: http://books.google.com/books/about/Hanseatic_Architecture.h...
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lene
agree  Trine J.
1 day 7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Epiphanie
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