Molde Things to Do

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Molde is also called "Town of the Roses" and in fact you will see some roses here or there, all over the town. And in front of the townhall of Molde you will find the monument of a lady with roses, thats all. To be honest, I really did not see a lot more roses than in any other european city, when I visited Molde in August 2009.

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Atlanterhavsveien is the name of the coastroad between Karvag and Vevang along the coastroad from Molde to Kristiansund and it is 8200 meters long. Atlanterhavseien, the Atlantic-road has one of the most spectacular bridges that I ever saw : There are several parking-lots at both sides of the bridge and from each of them that bridge looks different - see my extra pics as well. It is the highest one of a row of 8 bridges and the only one that is high enough for the local fishermen to sail to their ports.
I spent half a day at that bridge to make my pics.

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Hurtigruten offers a tour to Kvernes, and to this bridge, including a dinner at the restaurant mentioned in my restaurant-tip of this page. They will make a single stop at the bridge and you can take a photo there like my 2nd,3rd and 4th picture here.

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The church of Molde is quite modern like the rest of the city and it dates back to the year 1953. Unfortunately it was closed while I was there, so I was not able to take a look inside. It was interesting to see that the belfry stands seperate from the church and the only outstanding part of the architecture that you can see from outside is the entrancegate with colorfull glasses (see it in my 3rd photo!).

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In the citycentre of Molde you will not find a lot of interesting houses, everything is quite new, you will find some interesting shops, easy parking and thats it. Only when you take a closer look at some of the houses you might find some tiny details that are interesting, but there is definitely no reason to go to Molde for some interesting architecture.

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From the pier in Molde you will have one of the best panorama-views in Norway: A large bay with hundreds of high mountains and various islands are in that panorama and next to the large hotel you will have the old cannons like in my pics and lots of ships passing by all day long ! And there is a large carparking there as well directely at the hotel and a large shoppingcentre.

Molde is called the town of Roses but I think that the town is not worth the visit. But the view from Molde to the hundreds of mountains is really great and that is a good reason to go there.There is also a famous jazzfestival every year in Molde.I went there on a Hurtigrutenship in 2002.

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Its a beautifully shaped bridege starting from Vevabg and you can come to Krisyiansund, a famous picturesque port town.

Its a magnificent bridge extended over the Atlantic sea. You should not miss it when you come to this region.

Molde is also called the city of the roses and the jazz, because they have jazz-festivals every year and you will see thousands of roses in the city of Molde.
I also like the mountains around Molde and it is good for shopping !