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From Christianssund to Throxdhjem (see also p. 205). The
course of the steamer beyond Christianssund is on the whole well
protected by islands, though the larger vessels at first keep to the
open sea. To the W. lies the small island of Grip, to the N. of
which is Gripshølen, affording an unimpeded view of the open sea.
To the right are the lofty islands of Tustere (2920 ft.) and
Stabben (2960 ft.), between which are seen the distant snow-mountains
of the Sundal and the Eikisdal. Farther on Edø, with a
steamboat-station, and the low but extensive Smølen are passed on the
left. The scenery now becomes monotonous. To the N. of Smolcn
is the Ramfjord, which separates it from the large island of
Hitte-ren, with the station of Havnen. The only other station which the
large steamers visit is Beian (telegraph-station), at the entrance
to the Throndhjem Fjord, so that travellers can proceed to the
North Gape, without touching at Throndhjem. The scenery
improves as we approach our destination.
168 Kil. (104V2 M.) Throndhjem, see p. 216.
20. From Aalesund to Hellesylt (Molde) viå
Ørstenvik and Øie.
104 Kil. (65 Engl. 31.). This route takes two days. From Aalesund
to tfrstenvik, 45Kil. (2831.), steamboat (‘Geiranger’and ‘Robert’) twice weekly
in 3,,2 hrs. (comp. Communicationer, 260 C, I)). From Jf/rstenvik to Sabø,
25 Kil. (IöVsMOj drive /quarters for the night at Rise, near Sæbø). From
Sæbø to Hie, 10 Kil. (6 31.), row. From Hie to Hellesylt, 24 Kil. (15 31.),
by carriage. — A steamer plies from Aalesund to Hellesylt direct twice
weekly in 11 hrs. (see p. 172).
This beautiful route, part of which is by water and part by land,
traverses the district of Søndmøre. If the traveller, after arriving by this
route at Hellesylt, proceeds to visit the Geiranger Fjord (p. 186) and ascends
from 3Iæraak to Stavbrækkene (p. 164), he will then have seen some of
the grandest and most interesting scenery in the whole of Norway. The
district of Søndmøre, with its fjords and snow-mountains, comprises all
the characteristic features of the country, the picturesque, the sublime, and
the severe, while the inhabitants (’Møringer’), many of whom are
prosperous and wealthy, are still noted for their primitive honesty and simplicity.
— As the stations of Ørstenvik, Rise, and jøle are ‘slow’, the traveller
must either send ‘Forbud’, or run the risk of waiting several hnnrs for
horses at the end of each stage.
Strom’s ‘Søndmøres Beskrivelse’ (1762-66), a copy of which the
stationmaster at Brautesaet possesses, is recommended to the notice of the
traveller as containing, though an old work, the best existing description of
this most attractive district. Another interesting work is Peder falling’s
‘Folksägn fra Søndmøre’ (2 vols.; Aalesund, 1874-77).
Aalesund, see p. 171. The steamer first steers across the
exposed Bredsund. To the N. W. lies the Valderø, to the W. the Godø,
and to the E. the Hesø with the pointed Sukkertop (‘sugar-loaf’). It
then traverses the Sulefjord to the Hareidland, with the
Hareid-Kirke, an island with mountains nearly 2360 ft. in height, and then
crosses to Søre Vartdal (2 hrs. from Aalesund), on the
Vartdals-fjord. Grand mountain scenery. Numerous ancient coast-levels and
terraces of detritus are observed. Comp, the Map, p. 16S.
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