Alesund is a city of circa 40,000, located a little bit below, and to the west, of Molde--or north of Bergen, on the west coast. Apparently the principal occupations include fishing and furniture-making.
Posted on 05/01/2005 7:44:57 AM PDT by franksolich
Since nothing happens in Norway during the weekends, and because of popular demand--really popular demand; it boogles the mind--on weekends members of the Norway ping list have the opportunity, if they wish, to inspect some of the photographic glories of our gallant allies in the War against Terror--this week, featuring the delightful city of Alesund.
All of these photographs are from the public domain, taken by amateurs, one assumes; if something is not from Alesund, anyone may please feel free to correct me.
Also, some guy in Norway put together a wonderful collection of photographs of Alesund (none of which are featured here), which one can view by clicking on the red link atop this article.
Alesund is a city of circa 40,000, located a little bit below, and to the west, of Molde--or north of Bergen, on the west coast. Apparently the principal occupations include fishing and furniture-making.
Although Alesund is in the lowest one-third of Norway, on the globe it is as far north as the northern edge of Hudson's Bay in Canada, or the city of Fairbanks in Alaska.
Take my word for it as a native Bergenese: the third shot is indeed Bergen; the others are not. But errare humane est, and all that. Besides, if the picture was marked as Bergen, the mistake wasn't even yours.
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