--- title: "Ålesund – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Ålesund, Norway: Ålesund is a town in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Nearby: Color Line Stadion, Alnes Lighthouse, Ålesund Church. Every way there from…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/alesund" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/alesund.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/View_on_%C3%85lesund.jpg" --- Town/City in Western Norway, Norway · Møre og Romsdal # Ålesund Ålesund is a town in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. ![Ålesund](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/View_on_%C3%85lesund.jpg) Ålesund · Wikimedia Commons The place Ålesund is a town in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of Ålesund Municipality. The centre of the town of Ålesund lies on the islands of Hessa, Aspøya, and Nørve with newer developments located on the islands of Uksenøya the outer parts of the "urban area" even stretch onto the island of Sula which is in the neighboring Sula Municipality. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85lesund), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Ålesund 10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Color Line Stadion Color Line Stadion is an association football stadium in Ålesund, Norway, and the home of Aalesunds FK. It was inaugurated in April 2005 and cost NOK 160 million to build. It is referred to as Aalesund Stadion by UEFA, as commercial naming rights arrangements, in this case, with ferry operator Color Line, are not used during UEFA competitions. 1.7 km · football stadium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Line_Stadion) 2. Alnes Lighthouse Alnes Lighthouse was established in 1852 to guide fishing boats safely to the harbor of the small fishing community of Alnes on the north side of the island of Godøya in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The lighthouse sits about 4 kilometres northwest of Leitebakk. 9.7 km · lighthouse in Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alnes_Lighthouse) 3. Ålesund Church Ålesund Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the center of the town of Ålesund, on the island of Aspøya. 500 m · church building in Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85lesund_Church) 4. Jugendstilsenteret Jugendstilsenteret is an Art Nouveau Center located in central Ålesund, in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Jugendstilsenteret is part of the Foundation Cultural Quarter in Ålesund. 200 m · museum in Ålesund, Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jugendstilsenteret) 5. Valderøy Church Valderøy Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the south side of the village of Nordstrand on the island of Valderøya. 3.6 km · church in Giske, Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valder%C3%B8y_Church) 6. Atlantic Sea-Park The Atlantic Sea-Park is an aquarium in Ålesund, Norway. It was founded in 1951 as a limited company. 3.1 km · aquarium in Ålesund, Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Sea-Park) 7. Indre Sula Church Indre Sula Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sula Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Mauseidvåg on the island of Sula. 9 km · church building in Sula, Møre og Romsdal, Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indre_Sula_Church) 8. Volsdalen Church Volsdalen Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the south side of the island of Nørvøya in the town of Ålesund. 1.7 km · church building in Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volsdalen_Church) 9. Hamnsund Church Hamnsund Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Haram Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Søvik. 8.9 km · church building in Haram, Møre og Romsdal, Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamnsund_Church) 10. Spjelkavik Church Spjelkavik Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Spjelkavik on the western end of the island of Uksenøya. 9.9 km · church building in Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spjelkavik_Church) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see Much of the joy of seeing Ålesund is to be found in just strolling past the many art nouveau shops and other buildings. 1. Aalesunds Museum Rasmus Rønnebergs gate 16,. 2. The Atlantic Sea-Park 3. Art Nouveau Centre and Art Museum KUBE Housed in an old apothecary in the centre of Ålesund, the Art Nouveau Centre is dedicated to the period after a fire in 1904 when the whole town was rebuilt in the Art Nouveau style. 4. Sunnmøre Museum 5. Ålesund Ålesund church is a fine masonry building covered in marble of different colors. 6. Skodje From [Wikivoyage: Ålesund](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/%C3%85lesund), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do 1. Mt Aksla and Fjellstua From [Wikivoyage: Ålesund](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/%C3%85lesund), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat Ålesund is full of restaurants, and you can generally find anything for whatever taste you might have. For cheap food, the town has quite a few pizza, kebab and burger shops. Next to the town square you will find Dolly Dimples pizza, a few meters away you will find Peppes Pizza, the local Burger King restaurant, and a 7-Eleven that is open 24/7 and sells hot food. 1. Anno Apotekergata 9B,. 2. Fjellstua Aksla Aksla,. 3. LYST Kongens gate 12,. 4. Sjøbua Brunholmgata 1,. 5. XL Dinner Skaregata 1B,. From [Wikivoyage: Ålesund](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/%C3%85lesund), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Ålesund **Airports:** Ålesund (AES), 10 km · Bergen, Flesland (BGO), 247 km · Trondheim, Værnes (TRD), 265 km\ **Stations:** Ålesund Airport, Sørneset, 3.7 km\ - Bergen → Ålesund 235 km · quickest by air, 3h 40m · kr1,150–1,780 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bergen-to-alesund) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bergen&to=%C3%85lesund) - Trondheim → Ålesund 239 km · quickest by air, 3h 45m · kr1,450–2,250 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/trondheim-to-alesund) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Trondheim&to=%C3%85lesund) - Oslo (Gardermoen) → Ålesund Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/oslo-gardermoen-to-alesund) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Oslo+%28Gardermoen%29&to=%C3%85lesund) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=%C3%85lesund) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Ålesund Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ålesund. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in This route requires taking quite a few ferries in either direction which makes it take as long to Trondheim as the ferry-less E136/E6 combo but more expensive. From [Wikivoyage: Ålesund](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/%C3%85lesund), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. 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Around it ## Next door to Ålesund - [Ålesund Municipality](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/alesund-municipality) municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway 1.9 km - [Sula Municipality](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sula-municipality) municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway 5.9 km - [Myklebost](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/myklebost) settlement in Ålesund Municipality, Norway 7.3 km - [Langevåg](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/langevag) settlement in Sula Municipality, Norway 4.3 km - [Alnes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/alnes) settlement in Giske Municipality, Norway 9.4 km - [Leitebakk](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/leitebakk) settlement in Giske Municipality, Norway 6.5 km [The place page for Ålesund](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/alesund) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Norway](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-NO) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/alesund, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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