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Encyclopedia Britannica



AALESUND

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 2 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: A10-ADA
AALESUND , a seaport of Norway, in Romsdal amt (county), 145 M. N. by E. from Bergen. Pop. (1900) 11,672. It occupies two of the outer islands of the west coast, Aspo and Norvii, which enclose the picturesque harbour. Founded in 1824, it is the principal shipping-place of Sondmore
district
 , and one of the
chief
  stations of the herring fishery. Aalesund is adjacent to e Jorund and Geiranger fjords, frequented by tourists. From e at the head of Jorund a driving-route strikes
south
  to the Nord-fjord, and from Merok on Geiranger another strikes inland to Otta, on the railway to Lillehammer and Christiania. Aalesund.. is a port of
call
  for steamers between Bergen, Hull, Newcastle and Hamburg, and Trondhjem. A little to the
south
  of the town are the ruins of the reputed castle of Rollo, the founder, in the 9th century, of the dynasty of the dukes of Normandy. On the 23rd of January 1904, Aalesund was the scene of one of the most terrible of the many conflagrations to which
Norwegian
  towns, built largely of
wood
 , have been subject. Practically the whole town was destroyed, a
gale
  aiding the flames, and the population had to leave the place in the night at the notice of a few minutes. Hardly any lives were lost, but the sufferings of the people were so terrible that assistance was sent from all parts of the kingdom, and by the German government, while the British government also offered it.


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