Festival, Masturbation | A man in his 30s caught masturbating at the Byfjord Festival on Askøy outside Bergen

(Bergen Newspaper) – Full ash køyværings is probably the worst thing that could happen, one of the festival participants told BA when we took the trip across the bridge to the Byfjord Festival on Saturday.

At Kleppestø pier, the festival was held for the first time on the weekend, and among the audience the mood was generally good and expectations were high for the evening.

However, BA saw early on that one of the festival participants was in trouble when he was not allowed to bring drinks into the main area.

He was not the only one who failed to behave himself, according to the police.

– Masturbate in a public place

It is said that the drunk man woke up the guards at the scene and had to be detained.

As a result the beer fell to the ground, and is said to have hit the security guard.

– It ended with a report, says the station chief at Askøy and Øygarden police station, Sven Erik Midthjell.

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Another man would not comply with the orders of the police on the spot, and was reported for this.

Additionally, a man in his 30s was reported for sexual immorality.

– He masturbated in a public place, says Midthjell.

– Did many people see this?

– I don’t have a number, but there were at least enough witnesses.

Make threats

One last participant of the festival was arrested.

This was a man in his 20s who claimed to have disturbed the police.

– He made threats and did not obey the orders of the police. He was polite like a fool, referring to Midthjell.

The station manager believes that such events are only to be expected at an event like this.

– With many people gathered in one place, there is always someone who has too much to drink and cannot carry it. We see that time and time again.

– Beyond these events, it seems that the event went very well, says Midthjell.

Festival manager Geir Carlsen tells BA that they had an assessment with the police after the festival was over.

– My opinion is that they were very satisfied with the event and that there were fewer events than expected regarding the audience, says Carlsen.

He says that between 3,000 and 3,500 were involved in the festival, and that he has high expectations that even more people will make the trip next year.