We have lots of toys in the garage, so feel free to use them! Playing in the garden with a football or a fresbee is a low key activity. When in season, you can also pick blackcurrant and blueberries, rhubarb, and sour cherries from the garden.

The fjord offers swimming, fishing (there’s equipment you can use), and snorkelling if you can take the cold water. Also, hiking on the nearby mountain, foraging mushrooms in the woods, or simply going to the nearby playground (2 mins walk), are all great activities that kids of all ages can do.

And either way - just enjoy. Aalesund is amazing on the good days, but it will shift quickly, so make sure you make the most of it while you have it.

• Get dressed and go outside, no matter the weather. Make delicious hot cocoa and watch netflix or read a book in front of the fireplace afterwords.

• Go to the Aquarium and watch truly wet creatures in their original habitat. Finish off with a locally made ice cream tub in the cafe.

• Get all that energy out by jumping and playing around the great hall of Sportsparken Vegsund or Epic Digernes. Fun and physical activity for all ages.

• Bybadet is the newest public swimming hall in Aalesund. It’s fairly modest, but universally shaped by local architects, and very popular with the kids.

• Devoldfabrikken offers a destination of small boutique shops, outlets and activity-rooms where the kids can play while the parents shop or lunch. Located in Langevåd, a 20 mins drive from Bakkely.

1. Ålesund city

2. Atlanterhavsveien

3. Geiranger

• Bro - fine dining on the seafront of Brosundet. Local ingredients and innovative cooking

• Sjøboden - it’s in the name. All things from the sea. Pricy, but large portions and oh so good

• BRYT - some kind of Norwegian tapas. Great coctails at the bar

• MOLO brew - Burgers and craft beer with a relaxed atmosphere and shuffle boards in the back

• Anno 1905 - tradition meets modern cooking

• Zuuma - sushi and asian fusion with local produce

• The hotel restaurant at 1904 - consistent and good quality food, changing menu with the seasons and a locally founded cuisine. Pro tip: the staff are skillful baristas, so make sure to have a coffee with your dessert!

• Modern museum Kube and historical Art Nouveau museum right next door

• Khaak - exhibitions and sale of modern art from mainly Norwegian artists

• Terminalen - live concerts and shows

• City tours - walk through the city with a local guide to get to know the history from a street view