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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.
37 km · about 40 min drive
Møre og Romsdal, Norway · Europe
Volda sits on the route: 15 minutes from Ørsta, 53km from Ørnesvingen (Eagle Road).
Volda is a town located in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. With a population of 10,809, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Volda sits in Norway, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Oslo time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Volda to your route.
Volda is the administrative centre of Volda Municipality, in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern shore of the Voldsfjorden, just less than 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the village of Ørsta.
The 3.78-square-kilometre (930-acre) village has a population (2024) of 7,143 and aRead more
population density of 1,890 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,900/sq mi).
Volda is home to the municipal administration, municipal schools, and the regional hospital. Volda University College is located there; the college enrolls about 3,000 students and specializes in education of teachers, animators, documentarists, and journalists. Volda has a shopping center as well as some industry. Volda Church is located in the central part of the village. The local newspaper is Avisa Møre. The Møre og Romsdal District Court has a court in Volda and the Søre Sunnmøre prosti (church deanery) is based in Volda.
The Ørsta–Volda Airport lies at Hovden, a site between the two villages of Volda and Ørsta, along the European route E39 highway which runs through both villages. There are also ferry connections to villages across the Voldsfjorden, linking Volda northwest to Lauvstad and southwest to Folkestad.
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Volda is located in Møre og Romsdal, Norway, Europe. The coordinates are 62.1460 latitude, 6.0711 longitude.
Volda has a population of approximately 10,809 people, making it a town in Norway.
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landmark
A coastal town rebuilt entirely in Jugendstil Art Nouveau style after a 1904 fire, with ornate turrets and facades lining the harbour.
37 km · about 40 min drive
scenic viewpoint
The summit viewpoint on Ornesvingen (Eagle's Bend), looking straight down into the Geirangerfjord and its famous Seven Sisters waterfall.
51 km · about 60 min drive
famous road
A series of dramatic hairpin bends descending to the Geiranger Fjord with an eagle's-eye view from the top.
53 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
A UNESCO World Heritage fjord of staggering beauty, its deep blue waters flanked by towering cliffs, waterfalls, and abandoned mountain farms.
53 km · about 60 min drive
waterfall
Seven parallel streams free-falling up to 250 m down the sheer wall of the UNESCO-listed Geirangerfjord, facing the 'Suitor' falls across the water: best seen from the fjord ferry or Ørnesvingen road.
53 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
Glacier-fed lake near Loen whose water is an almost unreal turquoise-green, ringed by 1,800 m peaks. A narrow road runs the length of the shore to the Kjenndalen glacier valley at its head.
56 km · about 65 min drive
photogenic
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.
56 km · about 65 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Eleven hairpins climbing from Geiranger to a railing-edge viewpoint over the fjord and Seven Sisters.
57 km · about 65 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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