"Ålesund, a beautiful town with a... " a Ålesund Travel Page by Hildeal

ålesund is a beautiful city with quite a dramatic history to tell. During a night in 1903, the whole town burned down. It was winter and thousands of people were homeless. luckily only one person died during the fire. The ironical thingswas that she was the nearest neighbour to the fire station and was already in safety but wanted to go bak to get some more of her belongings.

Many other Towns and countries were villing to help Ålesund to rebuild the town. The biggest help came from Germany. Keiser Wilhelm sent most of the supplies that were ment for some other countries to Ålesund.

During Two years the town was rebuild in the jugend stile. architects from Norway who most of them had their education from Germany and France participated in this process. the architecture is a mixture of all these ideas, and is quite interesting to look at

Ålesund & Sunnmøre is the perfect place to explore some of Norway's most famous natural and cultural attractions. Ålesund's beautiful Art Nouveau architecture is known far and wide. The myriad of turrets, spires and beautiful ornamentation that give the town its distinctive character are like something from a fairytale

You have to take the trip up here, and watch all the islands .

At the top of Ålesund's Town Mountain, Aksla, you'll be able to enjoy a fantastic view of the archipelago, Ålesund's town centre, and the majestic Sunnmøre Alps. Walk the 418 steps up from the Town Park, or go by car.

Ålesund is famous for it's jugend style. After the town was burned down in 1904 architects from Norway who where educated from all over Europe had a mission to rebuild the Town. With so many different builders with so many ideas it had to lead to a very special result.

The town even has it own jugend style museum that takes you back to the big fire and you'll see how the town was rebuild