Rådal is a neighborhood in Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

, Norway, located at the border between the boroughs of Fana

Fana

Fana is a borough of the city of Bergen, Norway.-History:Prior to 1972, Fana was an independent municipality which territory also included today's boroughs of Ytrebygda, Fyllingsdalen, and the southernmost part of Årstad.-Geography:...

 and Ytrebygda

Ytrebygda

Ytrebygda is a borough of the city of Bergen, Norway.-Location:Ytrebygda is located southwest of the city center. It was originally part of Fana municipality that was incorporated in Bergen in 1972, and later part of the Fana district, but was administratively a separate district in 1990...

. The center of the area is the shopping center Lagunen Storsenter

Lagunen Storsenter

Lagunen Storsenter is one of the largest shopping centres in Norway, and was in 2002 the fifth largest in Scandinavia, with a turnover of 2,540 billion Norwegian kroner. It is located in the borough Fana in Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The shopping centre was opened in 1985. It has 135...

. While the area has no official borders, it is regarded as the common name for the basic statistical units

Basic statistical unit (Norway)

The basic statistical unit is a type of statistical unit used by Statistics Norway to provide stable and coherent geographical units for regional statistics in Norway. Basic statistical units are subdivisions of municipalities , and cover generally homogeneous areas...

 of Krohnåsen in Fana and Skeie, Siljustøl and Holten in Ytrebygda. These had 5,967 residents in 2009 and covered 5.5 square kilometres (2.1 sq mi). The post address for Rådal also includes the areas Grimstad, Steinsvik, Nordås, Skjold and Smørås.

The area features the commercial area Laguneparken, Nordahl Grieg Upper Secondary School, Rå School, Fana Stadion

Fana stadion

Fana stadion is a multi-use stadium in the borough of Fana in Bergen, Norway.Used for football matches, it is the home ground of Second Division team Fana IL....

, Fana Golf Club, Siljustøl Museum and the former Rådal Station on the Nesttun–Os Railway. BIR has garbage dump at Rådal. The second stage of the Bergen Light Rail

Bergen Light Rail

Bergen Light Rail is a light rail system in Bergen, Norway. The first stage of the project is a fifteen-station, stretch between the city center and Nesttun, which opened on 22 June 2010...

will extend the system to Rådal, probably in 2012.