Steps statues and…read moreRollo The Alesund Town Park is an odd park that consists of a little plot of land with a playground and some weird statues and a cool staircase with 418 steps that lead to the top of Mt Aksla. At the summit of the mountain are some incredible views of the surrounding territory. The park was designed by a local gardener in 1885 and the statues and other things were added over the decades. One of the statues is of Gange-Rolf better known by his French name Rollo. Gange-Rolf founded Normandy, is the ancestor of William the Conqueror and as the TV show The Vikings points out, Rollo was one serious bad ass and maybe the toughest of all the Vikings. The statue was given to the park in 1911 in celebration of the 1,000 andiversary of the founding of Normandy. There isn't all that much in the bottom of the park outside of a little playground, pond and weird statues but the staircase leading to the summit of Mount Aksla is great fun, with lots of places to stop and take in the stunning views. Once you get to the top there is a little café and amazing views in every direction. Certainly an ususual and unique park, after all how many parks can claim a winding staircase up a mountain as it's main part. Add the statue of Rollo and the other things and this is one of the coolest parks I've ever been too.

I really do not like to be in the position to leave such a negative review, however KMT customer…read moreservice is a car crash and Jonathan is a dishonest thief who has stolen our booking money. This includes transportation fees that could only be assigned to physically incurred costs, which never happened. Due to unfortunate circumstances involving a home robbery we had to cancel our booking with KMT on 11.08.18. Our booking was for 23-26.08.18. Below is a copy of the body of our fifth email to Jonathan at Kayak More Tomorrow. This and all other emails and phone calls have gone unanswered for the last 6 weeks. "Hello Jonathan, We have been trying to get in touch with you to discuss a refund following our cancellation. KMT have not responded to us despite having opened our emails (this is possible via Boomerang Chrome app). Nor is your company contactable on the phone number provided. While we do appreciate the efforts you personally went to with us to accommodate us with some camping equipment, we feel that the matter regarding a refund is being dealt with in a wholly unprofessional manner. As I'm sure you will agree, various matters discussed via email during the trip planning process were challenging due to the involvement of multiple KMT staff on emails without signatures. This confused matters as I always thought I was talking to you. As soon as we spoke on the phone these matters were easily resolved. I hope that we can resolve this matter in a similar manner. Just to make sure the timeline of documented events is very clear, I have highlighted them clearly as follows: 1. We booked kayaking and transport on 12.02.18. 2. We booked with cancellation terms whereby cancellation was possible within a non-defined cancellation period. These are attached.* *Exact terms: A substantial cost goes in preparing for our day trips. Therefore, if a client wants to cancel due to rain or any other circumstance KMT will refund your trip fees minus 30%." 3. Cancellation was advised to you by us on 11.08.18. 4. Brand new, never-seen-before terms were provided to us on 16.08.18. You advised that you would try to re-book the dates with another group. These were not the terms of our booking but a decision made by KMT as an aside. We have never been provided with these terms. 5. On 27.08.18 you advised that you had been unable to re-book our dates with another group. This however is not relevant to our booking terms. You also inaccurately proposed that we downloaded our chosen terms from your website to suit our needs, when in fact these are very clearly the terms that you provided 12.02.18 on the date that we booked the trip. Furthermore these were the only terms available to download. Again, these are attached. According to the terms of the booking we are due: Refund on € 500 kayaking booking is due at 70%. Transportation costs € 300 not incurred is due at 100%. Total refund of € 350 + € 300 = € 650. As a last attempt to resolve this matter amicably, and acknowledging your personal efforts to help us with some camping gear, I would like to propose a refund for all transportation costs not incurred € 300 + 50% of the kayaking booking € 250 = total refund of € 550. This reimburses KMT € 250 for any inconvenience caused. Hopefully you find this to be a reasonable proposal. As the season is coming to an end, a response prior to Monday 1st October 2018 is both required and reasonable. Yours sincerely" Please, if anybody dares to risk their money by booking with KMT, ensure that you are issued with explicit terms related to your booking. If you don't receive these, and later encounter reasons to cancel, then Jonathan will likely issue you with new T&Cs on his own terms at a later date to suit his own selfish needs. (I'm sure he'll have a snarky response to follow this, as he has done with previous negative reviews).

From the owner: Tours, Rentals & More - Sea Kayaks, SUP's, Bikes, Walking Tour…read more Kayak More Tomorrow Ålesund, is a KMT flagship sea kayak center; is located in the heart of the city, nestled amongst great food, indelible music, and eccentric art galleries. Here, we have dock space both in Brosundet and the South harbor right next to the cruise ship terminal; KMT Ålesund is staffed with internationally certified guides, who are the cornerstone of our first-class customer service and are also our biggest safety feature.

Fjords mountains and…read morerocks Sukkertoppen is a well known hiking and camping place not far from the Norwegian town of Alesund. The name means Sugar Top, probably referring to how it looks when covered in snow during the winter months. Sukkertoppen is more of a hill than a mountain, at a bit over 1,000 feet high the hike gives a good workout but probably won't kill you unless you do something really stupid. Lots of vertical climbs, rocks to step over, roots to trip over and wet things to slip on. In the winter the snow and ice probably adds a whole new dimension to the hike. Of course the reward of reaching the top are the marvelous views. You can see the town of Alemund, fjords, mountains in the distance, clouds and all kinds of cool and beautiful stuff. The hiking trail can get a bit crowded at times but cool places like this usually have to be shared. Not, it's not Mount Washington in New Hampshire, Mount Everest or Mount Elbert in Colorado. Sukkertoppen is a cool and fairly easy hike to the top of a cool Norwegian hill that gives a visitor a nice chance to become intimate with the local rocks and roots and then rewards the persistent with some absolutely gorgeous views at the summit.