Ålesund
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.Photo: renato agostini, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Locality with 52,600 residents
- Description: town in Norway
- Also known as: “Alesund”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jugendstilsenteret and Ålesund Lighthouse.
Jugendstilsenteret
Museum
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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.
Ålesund Church
Church
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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.
Ålesund
- Category: city
- Location: Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Ålesund” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ålesund”
- Bishnupriya: “অলেসুন্ড”
- Bulgarian: “Олесун”
- Catalan: “Ålesund”
- Cebuano: “Ålesund”
- Chinese: “奥勒松”
- Danish: “Ålesund”
- Dutch: “Ålesund”
- Estonian: “Ålesund”
- Finnish: “Ålesund”
- French: “Ålesund”
- Galician: “Aalesund”
- German: “Ålesund”
- Icelandic: “Álasund”
- Italian: “Ålesund”
- Japanese: “オーレスン”
- Korean: “올레순”
- Latin: “Ålesund”
- Latin: “Estrecio Anguilla”
- Latvian: “Olesunna”
- Lithuanian: “Olesiundas”
- Low German: “Kommun Ålesund”
- Macedonian: “Олесунд”
- Northern Frisian: “Ålesund”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ålesund (by)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ålesund”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Byen Ålesund”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ålesund”
- Norwegian: “Ålesund”
- Ossetian: “Олесунн”
- Persian: “اولهسوند”
- Polish: “Ålesund”
- Portuguese: “Ålesund”
- Romanian: “Ålesund”
- Russian: “Олесунн”
- Serbian: “Олесунд”
- Spanish: “Ålesund”
- Swedish: “Ålesund”
- Ukrainian: “Алєсунд”
- Ukrainian: “Олесунд”
- Ukrainian: “Олесунн”
- Urdu: “ایلسنڈ (قصبہ)”
- Urdu: “ایلسنڈ”
- Western Frisian: “Ålesund”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kremmergaarden mall and St. Olavs plass.
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