The coastal battery at Tueneset

Here you can see beyond the coastal path and the great sea that recedes on the horizon. Hitler and the Nazis feared the superiority of the Allies at sea, and so they built an extensive defense along the west coast of Europe to combat the Allied nations. At the time, Ålesund harbor was one of the most important German convoy ports in Norway. As a result of this, three coastal batteries were built in Ålesund in addition to a large number of anti-aircraft guns being deployed. One of the batteries was built here on Tueneset, and it was the largest German coastal battery in Møre and Romsdal, both in terms of firepower, number of buildings and area. There were also four large anti-aircraft guns from the Luftwaffe in addition to a number of smaller anti-aircraft guns, various types of anti-tank guns and as many as seven minefields around the area. Today you can walk around and both see and read about the batteries, the bunkers and the people who lived in them.