Executive summary by darmansjah
Ålesund is a town and
municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional
district of Sunnmøre, and the center of the Ålesund Region. It is a sea port,
and is noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture.
The town of Ålesund is the administrative centre of Ålesund
Municipality, as well as the principal shipping town of the Sunnmøre district.
Ålesund Municipality has a population of 45,033 as of 2013, while the greater
Ålesund urban area has a population of 48,460 (this also includes most of
neighboring Sula Municipality as well).
From Øye at the head of Hjørundfjorden, a road strikes south
to the Nordfjorden, and from Maråk on Geirangerfjorden another strikes inland
to Otta. The railway line Raumabanen starts at Åndalsnes, 120 kilometres (75
mi) east of Ålesund, going to Dombås, then southwards on the Dovrebanen railway
to Lillehammer and Oslo. Ålesund is a port of call for passenger and freight
vessels travelling between Bergen, Kingston upon Hull, Newcastle, Hamburg, and
Trondheim, including the Hurtigruta (Norwegian Coastal Express) cruise ships,
which arrive in Ålesund twice a day.
The town's airport, Ålesund Airport, Vigra, has several
daily flights to/from Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, and Copenhagen. It also has
several weekly flights to/from Riga (Riga International Airport) (AirBaltic)
and London (London Gatwick Airport). In November 2012 KLM announced it would
fly to Ålesund 5 days a week from Amsterdam starting in April 2013.
Lately, there have been suggestions of a high speed rail
link to Oslo as well as metro-style local services to meet the needs of the
expanding population of the town.
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