Åndalsnes

Åndalsnes is a town in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Åndalsnes is the administrative center of Rauma Municipality. The 2.22-square-kilometre town has a population of 2,244, giving it a population density of 1,011 inhabitants per square kilometre. The village of Isfjorden lies about 7 kilometres to the east, Veblungsnes lies just to the west across the Rauma River, and Innfjorden lies about 10 kilometres to the southwest via the European Route E136 highway.

Åndalsnes has an association football club, Åndalsnes IF. The local church is Grytten Church, but its actually located across the river in Veblungsnes. The town's newspaper, Åndalsnes Avis, had a circulation of 4,125 in 2007. The harbour is called "Tindekaia", and is visited every year by many cruise ships, including Costa Marina, MS Thomson Celebration, Costa Victoria, and Costa Atlantica—the biggest ship that currently comes to Åndalsnes.

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The newspaper Romsdalsbladet was published in Åndalsnes from 1947 to 1948.

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