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1993-1997 / Amorini / Why Not Nightclub

Amorini (Why Not) Nightclub

A large bankrupt, shutdown restaurant / nightclub named Amorini (Why Not) in Bergen, Norway, was initially purchased with six other shareholders from a bank towards the end of 1995. I increased my share of the company’s stock to 97%, up from 29%, during the nine-month extensive refurbishment, rebuilding and run-in period. We had by then managed to increase our turnover drastically (in excess of 1.4 million NOK monthly) with the lowest running cost related to income among competing nightclubs in the city of Bergen (250000 inhabitants). The Restaurant / Nightclub Amorini (Why Not) was sold in 1997 to Espen Galtung Døsvik.

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Bergen, historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. At the end of 2019, the municipality’s population was 283,929. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers 465 square kilometres (180 sq mi) and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden, ‘the city fjord’, and the city is surrounded by mountains; Bergen is known as the ‘city of seven mountains’. Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Vestland county. The city consists of eight boroughs: Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevåg, Ytrebygda, Årstad, and Åsane.