På gång i Ålesund, Norway under året

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i Norway, skollov i 7 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Atlantic gale season (15 okt – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Winter sports week i Norway, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Sunnmore Alps ski touring

  15 feb – 15 maj · vanligtvisSkidsäsong

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Atlantic gale season (15 okt – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Easter break i Norway, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Easter holidays

  2–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanStängningarBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sunnmore Alps ski touring (15 feb – 15 maj (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Easter holidays, Easter break i Norway

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Sunnmore Alps ski touring (15 feb – 15 maj (vanligtvis)), Easter holidays (2–6 apr)

Mest folk — Cruise ships in port, Constitution Day

• Säsong

  Cruise ships in port

  1 maj – 20 sep · vanligtvisKryssningssäsongTrångt

  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.

• Helg

  Constitution Day

  17 majNationell helgdagStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sunnmore Alps ski touring (15 feb – 15 maj (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Cruise ships in port, Slinningsbalet midsummer bonfire

• Festival

  Slinningsbalet midsummer bonfire

  19–25 jun · vanligtvisLjus & eldTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Cruise ships in port (1 maj – 20 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Cruise ships in port, Summer holidays i Norway

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Cruise ships in port (1 maj – 20 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Cruise ships in port, Jugendfest

• Festival

  Jugendfest

  21–22 augMusikfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Norwegian Food Festival

  20–31 aug · vanligtvisMat- & dryckesfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Cruise ships in port (1 maj – 20 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Cruise ships in port, Autumn break i Norway

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Cruise ships in port (1 maj – 20 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Autumn break i Norway, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Atlantic gale season

  15 okt – 28 feb · vanligtvisStormsäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Atlantic gale season (15 okt – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Christmas closures, Christmas holidays i Norway

• Helg

  Christmas closures

  24–26 decJul & nyårStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Atlantic gale season (15 okt – 28 feb (vanligtvis))