Maritimes Erbe Europas – Norwegen

About the Film

In the film we discover the west coast of Norway and its rich maritime history and tradition. The maritime voyage of discovery begins in Alesund, the largest town in the province. In the town’s old harbor, on a decommissioned old ferry from the 1930s, Karl Johan Skårbrevik has converted the boat into a meeting place for retired fishermen. We accompany the fisherman Johan Skjong, he has a large catch of cod, which he takes to a small fish factory on the island of Godoya, where it is packaged and sold in the region. Cod made the area rich over 100 years ago. From Alesund, the cod was and is shipped all over the world to be made into the Portuguese national dish bacalao, among other things. The retired teacher Arne Tunheim goes to his old Viking ship and rows out with some friends. It tells of the Vikings and their voyages of conquest and how important this tradition is for the islands. A bit further southwest lies the Ulstein shipyard, in the small town of Ulsteinvik. This shipyard stands for Norwegian know-how in the construction of modern and emission-free ships, which are built for transportation or voyages to the Antarctic, among other things.

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