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.
Getting to Ålesund
- 01Ålesund Airport
It is connected to Ålesund by underwater tunnels.
Worth seeing
Much of the joy of seeing Ålesund is to be found in just strolling past the many art nouveau shops and other buildings.
- 01Aalesunds Museum
Rasmus Rønnebergs gate 16,.
- 02The Atlantic Sea-Park
- 03Art 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.
- 04Sunnmøre Museum
- 05Ålesund
Ålesund church is a fine masonry building covered in marble of different colors.
- 06Skodje
Things to do
- 01Mt Aksla and Fjellstua
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.
- 01Anno
Apotekergata 9B,.
- 02Fjellstua Aksla
Aksla,.
- 03LYST
Kongens gate 12,.
- 04Sjøbua
Brunholmgata 1,.
- 05XL Dinner
Skaregata 1B,.
Getting around Ålesund the local way
- Get inThis 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.
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