Ålesund

Ålesund is a city with 50,000 population. The port was established as a city in 1838. The city was entirely destroyed by a fire in January 1904. Consequently, the city was rebuilt at once with an art nouveau architecture.

Geiranger fjord

Geiranger fjord, picture by Andreas Trepte [CC BY-SA 2.5]
Geiranger fjord, picture by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) [CC BY-SA 3.0]

Getting there

By commercial transport

Ålesund is 2 hours away from the Åndalsnes train station by bus.

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By own boat

Brosundet is the guest marina of Ålesund. It is fully equiped. Favour the last pontoon in the inner harbour.

Ålesund

  • Coordinates: 62.466318, 6.117046
  • Starting point for the exploration of the Geiranger and Nærøy fjords.