Hva som skjer i Ålesund, Norway gjennom året

Travelt — Christmas holidays i Norway, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Atlantic gale season (15. okt – 28. feb (vanligvis))

Travelt — Winter sports week i Norway, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Sunnmore Alps ski touring

  15. feb – 15. mai · vanligvisSkisesong

  The peaks behind town are skied from the water up, which is why people fly here with skins rather than lift passes. Late February to May is when the snow holds and the days are long enough.

Fortsatt på gang: Atlantic gale season (15. okt – 28. feb (vanligvis))

Travelt — Easter break i Norway, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Easter holidays

  2.–6. aprPåske og stillehelgStengningerBestill tidlig

  Maundy Thursday to Easter Monday is a five-day public holiday. Towns empty as Norwegians head for mountain cabins, most shops and many supermarkets close on the holy days, and trains and flights toward the mountains are full. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Sunnmore Alps ski touring (15. feb – 15. mai (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Easter holidays, Easter break i Norway

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Sunnmore Alps ski touring (15. feb – 15. mai (vanligvis)), Easter holidays (2.–6. apr)

Toppsesong — Cruise ships in port, Constitution Day

• Sesong

  Cruise ships in port

  1. mai – 20. sep · vanligvisCruisesesongMye folk

  Alesund is the tender port for Geiranger and the ships tie up right below the town. On a two-ship morning the Aksla steps and the fish restaurants are gone until mid-afternoon.

• Helligdag

  Constitution Day

  17. maiNasjonaldagStengninger

  Children's parades through the Art Nouveau streets, everyone in bunad, and the shops and museums shut for the day. It is the one date Norwegians will not reschedule. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Sunnmore Alps ski touring (15. feb – 15. mai (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Cruise ships in port, Slinningsbalet midsummer bonfire

• Festival

  Slinningsbalet midsummer bonfire

  19.–25. jun · vanligvisLys og ildMye folk

  Teenagers spend two months stacking pallets into a tower on the Slinningen point and light it on the Saturday nearest 23 June. Boats fill the sound and sound their horns when it goes over. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Cruise ships in port (1. mai – 20. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Cruise ships in port, Summer holidays i Norway

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Cruise ships in port (1. mai – 20. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Cruise ships in port, Jugendfest

• Festival

  Jugendfest

  21.–22. augMusikkfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Two nights of music at Color Line Stadion in the second half of August. It is the weekend the town's hotel rooms go first, and they go months ahead. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Norwegian Food Festival

  20.–31. aug · vanligvisMat- og drikkefestivalMye folk

  Norway's oldest food festival takes over the centre for three days at the end of August, with the fishing and farming side of Sunnmore selling straight to the street. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Cruise ships in port (1. mai – 20. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Cruise ships in port, Autumn break i Norway

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Cruise ships in port (1. mai – 20. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — Autumn break i Norway, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Atlantic gale season

  15. okt – 28. feb · vanligvisStormsesong

  The exposed coast takes named Atlantic lows from mid-autumn, and the first thing they cancel is the ferry and the fjord sailings rather than the flights. Kilde ↗

Rolig — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Atlantic gale season (15. okt – 28. feb (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Christmas closures, Christmas holidays i Norway

• Helligdag

  Christmas closures

  24.–26. desJul og nyttårStengninger

  Christmas Eve is the main celebration: shops close by mid-afternoon on 24 December, and 25 and 26 December are public holidays when most shops, many restaurants and museums stay shut and public transport runs a reduced timetable. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Atlantic gale season (15. okt – 28. feb (vanligvis))