Travel Nordic Venice

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Aalesund - the most beautiful city in Norway. I know, "the most beautiful" I called almost every Norwegian town where we stayed, but I can not help it. Indeed, "most" - the most appropriate adjective to most settlements in the west of the Scandinavian Peninsula.

What is so subdued Aalesund? It is located on an isthmus between the mainland, where a small piece of land comfortably settled pretty houses. Some of them are downright hovering over the water, which is associated with Venice. If you climb to the observation deck offers a view of the city in all its splendor. And if we rise above it copter ...

So, if you raise quadrocopter, enjoy the views can be infinite:

Alesund - one of the few remaining cities built in the style of "Art Nouveau". This in itself is a major attraction for tourists from all over the world. The city is home to 40,000 lucky winners:

Above the town rises the hill Axl, which leads to the top of the ladder of 418 steps. There is, in fact, there is an observation deck, which I launched drone:

Some stages signed serial number. Logic in what stage is numbered, and what is not - I have not found. If you know of a sudden, write in the comments:

On the lookout rigidly mounted wooden stand, which are supposed to get up and shoot photographers visitors (view allows you to make a portrait without railings fencing). However, under the influence of new trends, tourists have started to use it for selfie:

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And here is our favorite locks, right there. Fortunately, yet they are few:

How is it formed a city? Allesund originally was an ordinary wooden town, and nothing foreshadowed the current beauty. But in 1904, a fire started at the city plant. The wind was blowing in the direction of the city, and it is almost completely burned. 10 000 people homeless, 1 dead. In Norway, while there was a crisis, and many of the unemployed have started to shrink in Allesund hoping to get a place and work:

The architects trained in Europe, which has been popular Art Nouveau style, so the city was rebuilt in this style:

Ship in the center of the frame - the first in the Norwegian car ferry, carrying capacity 1-2 cars. Now it stands as a monument:

The lighthouse - a honeymoon suite at a local hotel. Recently there has passed the sensational wedding ceremonies, when 79-year-old groom sailed to his bride during a storm:

A monument in honor of a local historian who created a guide to all the monuments of the city. We set, by the way, in life. whether it is interesting, I mentioned this monument in his book?

The monument to the city founder and the founder of the Norman dynasty, which belonged to the English king William I the Conqueror:

Girl throws strange gestures, similar to the "ridge", the boy tries to stop it:

Cinema in the old stone tower:

Opera House. On the walls of the notes of the "Four Seasons" by Vivaldi:

The narrowest house in Allesunde. It is so narrow that it does not even have its stairs and enter possible only through the neighbor's house. The first owner had no money for a normal site, but he still wanted his house in the city center like this came out of the situation:

Strange tree:

In Alesund is the largest oceanarium in Northern Europe. It stands directly on the beach, children's paradise here:

A very funny thing: the guys in the hands of "dam", which can block the "river" from the fountain:

Another razvlekuha - dig out the skeleton of a whale. And I do not know what struck me most: the idea or that every night the employee aquarium have to "bury" the whale back:

Penguins live in the open air:

Very cool attraction "Catch a crab." It is necessary to impose a paper clip or a piece of shrimp and fish to get crab. Amusement causes resentment among "green" and a complete delight for children:

Razvlekuha working two hours a day, the rest of the crabs have a rest:

There is still an aquarium where you can touch marine reptiles:

Claws and other dangerous parts are sealed:

aquarium with fish:

The main show aquarium - feeding cod. "Supper" takes place at a certain time, and collects a lot of spectators. The water looks muddy, but it's probably because it is taken from the ocean:

A diver descends from the bag into the aquarium and gets out of it fishes. The announcer reads a short lecture on the theme "The animal world":

When the "dinner" comes to an end, the diver swims up to the glass and gestures communicate with kids:

Another went to look beautiful lighthouse in half an hour from the city:

Track our walk around the city: