Barry's Bergen

My own fault for booking Norwegian speaking class but Sajma accommodated and had the workout of my life. Awesome class!

Dropped in as a tourist for a single class in English. Class was great—high energy, not too full, consistent with Barry’s in USA. Studio was clean and had plenty of amenities like locker room, showers, toiletries. Signing up on class pass was easy.

Fantastic place to workout in a great session with other similarly minded people 🤩

The people are fantastic and I like the concept/style of classes but the facilities really bring it down, and that's why it gets a 3. The gym is cramped into a space under an office block, so the main gym area itself is oddly shaped and it can be difficult/awkward to access weights in the change over period and you find yourself bumping into folk. The front desk area/foyer is really small, you either have to walk through the tax office foyer to get from the gym to the changing room area, or when it's after office hours/the weekend then you need to walk through the gym area itself - that's really bad if you need to shower and the next class has already started because then you need to walk through the class to escape. On the subject of changing rooms, the men's changing rooms are woefully small and inadequate, and further there is no real privacy as the doors open directly onto the main thoroughfare and folk can just see in if the door is open and it's also happened before that women just open the door. On top of that only one bathroom the men can use, but it's open to all so you often find yourself waiting behind a queue of women who do have receptive m exclusive toilets of their own but use the communal one to avoid the queue for their one. In terms of space/facilities, it's definitely my least favourite of the Barry's places. Go to Bergen Fana (Kokstad) instead if you can.

Great workout, wish there was more of a stretch after and heading the coaches over the music was easier. It's a great place, and tasty smoothies after! 😍