Alnes

The village of Alnes and the Alnes Fyr (lighthouse) are located on a small peninsula on the north side of Godøya, an island west of Ålesund. The island consists primarily of a sharp 500m peak called Storhornet (which would be cool to visit - it looks like there is a large lake perched practically on top).

AERIAL VIEW

This small sandy beach faces the open Atlantic. There's a cobble berm hiding beneath the back of the beach, at the edge of the dunes, that probably records big winter storms - which must be pretty spectacular here. As at all the beaches we've seen in Norway, the largest boulders probably have glacial origins.

Part of my fascination with this place was that we drove here from Ålesund in less than 30 minutes, much of it in very long, very deep tunnels.

Alnes is hidden on the far side of Godøya, the island in the distance. You can't see the road because it's 150m below sea level.