Culture all year round in NorthWest

Festivals, theatre, outdoor plays, stave churces, galleries & museums. Our region has a lot to offer when it comes to local, regional and national culture.

Museums in NorthWest

  • Norsk Tindesenter, Åndalsnes (preferred partner)
  • Ivar Aasen Centre languange museum (preferred partner)
  • Nordmørsmusea
    Normoria/Kristiansund, Norwegian Clipfish museum, Svinviks arboret, Leikvin, Old Kvernes rural museum, Tingvoll museum, Regional Pilgrim Centre Smøla
  • Romsdal museum
    Krona/Molde, Bud Coastal museum, Nesset Vicarage, fisheries museum/Hjertøya
  • VITI
    Jugendstilsenter/KUBE, Sunnmøre museum, the fisheries museum, Anders Svor museum, Furniture museum, medieval museum, nature museum, Storeggen of Aalesund
  • Ishavs museum, Arctic history, Brandal

See list of culture partners in NorthWest.

Stave churches, opera, vikings and galleries

  • Horgheim viking tour by Trollveggen, Åndalsnes (preferred partner)
  • Operahouse, Normoria/Kristiansund (preferred partner)
  • Stave Churches: Grip (Kristiansund), Kvernes (Averøy), Rødven (Rauma)
  • The Rose Church, Stordal
  • The Art Nouveau Center & Art Museum KUBE, Ålesund
  • Gallery and art exhibiton at Alnes lighthouse, Giske
Horgheim viking tour © Andreas Winter
Jugend - Art Nouveau Style © Alfred Lüpke
Kvernes Stave Church © Eline Karlsdatter Fladseth
Rødven Stave Church © Haakon Lundkvist/Nordveggen

Festivals in NorthWest

  • Operafestival, Kristiansund – February
  • Geiranger Light Art Festival – February
  • Lady Arbuthnott, Sunndal – June
  • Norsk Fjellfestival, Åndalsnes – June/July
  • Atlanterhavsspelet, Bud - July
  • Molde International Jazz Festival – week 29 July
  • Jugendfest, Ålesund - August
  • Raumarock, Åndalsnes – August
  • Bjørnsonfestivalen, Molde - August

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