A Very Fine City

Ålesund burned to the ground in 1904 and was rebuilt in the art nouveau style. Here you can see a small slice of how beautiful it is.

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North to Ålesund

June 9th 2006
We left Bergen via a hurtigboat northward on the beautiful west coast of Norway today. We switched to a winding bus ride for a few hours and then hopped on another smaller ferry to our final destination for the day, Ålesund. Neither of us had any motion sickness at all until the last leg on the ferry when they tossed all of us around on the Atlantic for a 20 minute spell. But I'm happy to repo ... read more

Europe » Norway

Two centuries of Viking raids into Europe tapered off following the adoption of Christianity by King Olav TRYGGVASON in 994. Conversion of the Norwegian kingdom occurred over the next several decades. In 1397, Norway was absorbed into a union with De... ... read more

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