Fjellstua
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On the top of the city mountain Aksla, Fjellstua towers over the city of Ålesund, with a view of all the surrounding islands, the Sunnmørsalpene and the city centre, the mountain lodge offers a unique experience. There are many lodges on the mountain, but only one ”Fjellstua” in the heart of the citizens of Ålesund. Master cobbler Knut Gregorius Lied started the work on Fjellstua, and he imagined running a restaurant in the summer, while he would work there as a cobbler the rest of the year. Fjellstua was completed in the autumn of 1903, and everything was set up for the next summer. But then arrives the city fire in January 1904 and the city house of the Lied family burns to the ground. Knut Lied, with his wife and 7 children escape up the 418 steps to Fjellstua. And Fjellstua became the home of the Lied family until 1916, when the God’s Templar Youth Association, Symra bought the restaurant. In 1934, the original red-painted Fjellstua burned to the ground. It was rebuilt in brick, and started to look like the present building. After the war, several changes were made, until it got its present look. Fjellstua is today an outdoor restaurant, a cafeteria and a viewing platform.