My cruise along the Norwegian Fjords [4/x]

Overnight, the cruiseship sailes up North and leaves the fjords and the nature part of this cruise. The coming days it will make stops at more populated places at the Norwegian coast, starting with a visit to Ålesund. At the start of the 19th century this was just a small village with only a few hundred people. But thanks to fishery and the export of klippfisk it grew into the biggest city of Norway in 1884 with 12 thousand citizens. After a big city fire in 1904 which left thousands homeless, it became law to only build stone houses. Within 3 years, Ålesund was being rebuilt in art-nouveaustyle, which to this day defines this pretty town that now stretches over three islands connected by bridges. Let's take a look!

( Day 6: 4th stop - Exploring Ålesund )

To be continued:)

J.

Previous Cruiseposts: Day 1: Departing from Amsterdam | Day 2: at sea | Day 3: 1st stop Olden, Norway | Day 4: 2nd stop - a trainride in Flåm! | Day 5: 3rd stop - Climbing GeirangerFjord!
In addition I have posted a couple of short videos on my YouTube: my Norwegian Fjords Cruise playlist

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