The 1904 City Fire

“Not since the city burned” is an expression used about the Great City Fire of 1904. The fire in Ålesund took place on Saturday 23 January 1904 and was one of the largest in Norway. It destroyed about 850 houses and left 10,000 of the town's 12,000 residents homeless. All within 15 hours.

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January 23rd, 1904

The fire started in the middle of the night
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850 houses burned

10,000 people were made homeless
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15 hours

The city lay in ashes

Learn all about the fire

In the main house you can see the city model as it looked before the city fire and see the enormous scale of the flames. Through text and pictures, the ruins are also experienced the days after. Also, several artifacts tell stories of that tragic night.

Work on the construction of the city took 3 years. No standard drawing was used, so each building was given a unique design.

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