Alnes Lighthouse
The Alnes Lighthouse on Godoy Island has been pointing the way for ships since the mid-19th century, but in 1976 it was almost dismantled as hopelessly outdated. However, the residents of the village of Alnes, that is, the “cape of the elves”, took care of the structure, which is no longer used for its intended purpose.
Sunnmere Museum
An open-air ethnographic museum dedicated to the history and culture of Sunnmere, a region of southern Norway, is located on the shore of the North Sea near Aalesund. Starting in 1931, huts, sheds, baths were brought here from the surrounding villages and placed in clearings in a dense forest.
Giske Island
How are Giske, a tiny island off the coast of Norway, and the English Queen connected? According to one of two versions, it was here in the 9th century that the founder of the British royal dynasty was born — the Viking Rolf the Pedestrian or Robert I, who became the first duke of the lands of Normandy.
Art Nouveau Center in Aalesund
Aalesund is strikingly different from other “fjord” Norwegian villages with their cute simple wooden houses. It was all the fault of a devastating fire on January 23, 1904, which destroyed 850 buildings — almost the entire city.