Havilla 6-19 January 2024, 17 January

In the morning we reach Trondheim, from where our ship sails non-stop to Kristiansund. A dream as darkness falls and the clear winter weather brings us in, passing beautiful, typical Norwegian houses.

Kristiansund is located approximately 190 kilometers southwest of Trondheim on the Norwegian Atlantic coast. The municipality is surrounded by Smøla to the north, Aure to the east, Tingvoll and Gjemnes to the south and Averøy to the west. In addition to the three islands of Nordlandet, Gomalandet/Kirklandet and Innlandet, which make up the four districts of the city of Kristiansund, the municipality also includes the islands of Frei, Skorpa and Grip as well as a number of smaller, mostly uninhabited islands and skerries. The highest point in the municipality is Freikollen (629 meters) on the island of Frei.

Fishing and its processing into clipfish or stockfish (salted, dried cod) is still an important industry. Only a small part of the stockfish is preserved outdoors on the rocks. Even today, stockfish is mainly exported to southern European countries. After the economic crisis in the 1920s, efforts were made to expand the economic base and thus make it less vulnerable to crises. In addition to fishing and fish processing, the city now lives from the construction and maintenance of ships and drilling rigs and tool and machine construction. In the Nordlandet district there is also Vestbase, a collection of companies that make their living from the operation and maintenance of oil drilling rigs. In the evening we drive on to Molde, Ålesund, Torvik, Måloy