Instead of sticking to Oslo, Stockholm or Helsinki, consider exploring town by town for a fuller, more authentic Nordic experience. Norway’s Sunnmøre district is a perfect place to start; located on ...

Perched on the edge of Norway's dramatic coastline, Ålesund is a town that seems almost too beautiful to be real. After a devastating fire in 1904, this coastal gem was rebuilt in stunning Art Nouveau ...

As the gateway to the world-famous Norwegian fjords, Norway’s Ålesund and Sunnmøre region overflows with an abundance of natural treasures. But nature is only part of the story. The town of Ålesund is ...

The winter travel season tends to be dominated by skiers and snowboarders all ranting and raving about their favorite mountains and which ones get the best snow. (And I should know — I am perhaps the ...

With soaring turrets and decorative flourishes inspired by nature, Ålesund looks like a storybook illustration. Yet this coastal town in Norway was shaped by disaster more than a century ago. Senior ...

Reindeer eat grass in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway, June 20, 2024. As the world's northernmost permanent settlement, Ny-Alesund has four months of continuous daylight and four months of lasting ...

ALESUND, Norway -- A lively summer festival is underway as Linda Neeley, 56, of Orlando, Fla., arrives at the storybook Norwegian village of Sunnmore. Dozens of traditionally-garbed Norwegians are ...

It could be the surface of the Moon, really, for that’s how alien this arctic wonderland appears from the sky, the sheets of ice wedged between prehistoric mountains we had never even imagined. Even ...

ALESUND, Norway, June 27 (UPI) --Residents of a Norwegian coastal town stacked wood into a 156-foot-tall tower to break the record for the world's tallest bonfire. A video posted to Facebook by ...