Kongens gate

Kongensgate in Ålesund stretches from St. Olavs Plass in the South, until Sorenskriver Bulls Gate in the North. Here you can find buildings from the period after the 1904 city fire, in the Art Nouveau style. Big parts of Ålesund that were rebuilt after the city fire has characteristics from the Art Nouveau style. Most of the facades in Kongensgate have been well preserved and the street is especially elegant looking, and a showcase for the Art Nouveau style. Kongensgate was turned into a pedestrian street in 1989.