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Ålesund Art Nouveau Town
A coastal town rebuilt entirely in Jugendstil Art Nouveau style after a 1904 fire, with ornate turrets and facades lining the harbour.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Ulsteinvik
Møre og Romsdal, Norway · Europe
About Ulsteinvik
Ulsteinvik is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Hareid, 51km from Norangsdalen Valley.
Ulsteinvik is in Møre og Romsdal, Norway, with about 5,800 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Hareid, about 10 km away.
is a town in Ulstein Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The town is the commercial and administrative centre of the municipality and as such, Ulsteinvik contains 74% of the municipal population. The 3.93-square-kilometre (970-acre) town has a population (2024) of 6,208 and a population density of 1,580Read more
inhabitants per square kilometre (4,100/sq mi).
The town of Ulsteinvik is located on the west side of the island of Hareidlandet, about 23 kilometres (14 mi) southwest of the city of Ålesund. Ulstein Church is located in the town, serving the population of the whole municipality. Ulsteinvik received town status on 1 July 2000.
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What is there to see near Ulsteinvik?
Within an hour or so of Ulsteinvik: Ålesund Art Nouveau Town (21 km), Norangsdalen Valley (51 km), Kannesteinen (58 km).
Are there any good drives near Ulsteinvik?
The nearest famous roads are Ørnesvingen (Eagle Road), Geiranger–Trollstigen National Tourist Route and Dalsnibba (Nibbevegen).
Where is Ulsteinvik?
Ulsteinvik is in Møre og Romsdal, Norway, about 10 km from Hareid.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,788
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Norway
- Region
- Møre og Romsdal
- Timezone
- Europe/Oslo
- Coordinates
- 62.3432, 5.8487
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Many toll roads use automatic plate recognition (AutoPASS). Headlights required at all times.
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Worth the detour from Ulsteinvik
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
scenic viewpoint
Norangsdalen Valley
Norway's narrowest valley road, squeezed between scree walls between Hellesylt and the Hjørundfjord.
51 km · about 60 min drive
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Kannesteinen
Wave-carved rock shaped like a 3 m stone mushroom standing in the surf at Oppedal on Vågsøy, 10 km from Måløy. A roadside oddity sculpted by millennia of pounding North Sea waves.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Ulsteinvik
7 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 51 kmNorangsdalen ValleyNorway's narrowest valley road, squeezed between scree walls between Hellesylt and the Hjørundfjord.
- 72 kmØrnesvingen (Eagle Road)A series of dramatic hairpin bends descending to the Geiranger Fjord with an eagle's-eye view from the top.
- 72 kmEagle Road ViewpointThe summit viewpoint on Ornesvingen (Eagle's Bend), looking straight down into the Geirangerfjord and its famous Seven Sisters waterfall.
- 72 kmOrnesvingen (Eagle Road)Eleven hairpins climbing from Geiranger to a railing-edge viewpoint over the fjord and Seven Sisters.
- 74 kmLoen SkyliftOne of the steepest cable cars in the world lifts you from the fjord at Loen to Mount Hoven at 1,011 m in five minutes.
- 75 kmGeiranger–Trollstigen National Tourist RouteNorway's most famous tourist route connecting the Geiranger Fjord to Trollstigen through spectacular mountain and fjord scenery.
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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