Ålesund; Saturday, 07 September, 2019

I woke up to almost clear blue skies, so after a good breakfast I headed into town to pick up the bus out to the aquarium on the edge of town.

I spent quite a bit of time looking round the Aquarium before catching the bus back into town, getting off at the stop by the Art Nouveau museum.

I had a look around the museum along with the KUBE art gallery which is linked to the museum by an underground tunnel.

From the museums I went for a bit of a wander through the streets on this side of the Ålesundet – the small channel that separates the two islands that form the city, and allows a quick cut through between the fjords. I headed down into the harbour area before ending up near the harbour wall and the Fishing museum.

I had a quick look round the fishing museum and then walked out along the harbour wall to the small lighthouse at the end, from where there were excellent views of the city and Mount Aksla in the background.

I wandered back through the city centre and then headed up the steep streets to the Museum Park, located on a ridge right above the centre of the city. The park is also home to the Aalesunds Museum, but it was just approaching its closing time when I got there, so there wasn’t time to look around that today, instead I spent quite a bit of time just taking in the views from the sun trap that the museum park is in the late afternoon.

Eventually I headed back down hill to my hotel to freshen up before heading out to grab a quick dinner. I headed back to the hotel in time to watch the evening Hurtigruten departure, which was at the same time as a really stunning sunset, so I quickly popped out of the hotel down to the harbour to take in the sunset.

With the light rapidly fading, along with the warmth of the day, I headed back to the hotel to have a drink in the bar and then an early night.