all by boat until Alesund. Here I exited the ship and took a guided Art Neuveau walk in the stunning town of Alesund. The town’s architecture is a museum in itself. Forget the frivolous decorations of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture. Art Neuveau seems much simpler, more organic–all buildings made of stone original to this area. This style came to Alesund as the town was completely reconstructed after a fire had razed it to the ground on the night of January 3, 1904.  The fire broke out inside a factory building. Within a matter of hours, more than 800, then wooden houses were destroyed.

from the ship today,

Pictures from dinner and Alesund,