Molde

Molde is a city and municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. An old settlement emerging as a trading post in the late Middle Ages. Formal trading rights were introduced in 1614, and the city was incorporated through a royal charter in 1742. Molde was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see here), and Bolsøy and parts of Veoy were merged with Molde on January 1, 1964. The city is the administrative center of Møre og Romsdal, the commercial hub of Romsdal, and the host of the bishop of More. Molde continued to grow throughout the 18th and 19th Centuries, becoming a center for Norwegian textile and garment industry, as well as the administrative center for the region, and a major tourist destination. After World War II, Molde has experienced a tremendous growth, becoming a center for not only administrative and public services, but also academic resources and industrial output.

The city is located on the northern shore of the Romsdalsfjord on the Romsdal Peninsula. Molde has a maritime, temperate climate, with cool-to-warm summers, and relatively mild winters. The Moldejazz jazz festival is held in Molde every July. Moldejazz is the largest and oldest jazz festival in Europe, and one of the most important. An estimated 40,000 tickets are sold for the more than a hundred events during the festival. Between 80,000 and 100,000 visitors visit the city during the one-week long festival. There is salmon, sea trout and sea char in the rivers of the area, especially the Rauma, Driva, and Eira, already legendary among the British gentry in the mid-1800s. Trout is abundant in most lakes. Cod, pollock, saithe, mackerel and other species of saltwater fish are commonly caught in the Romsdalsfjord, both from land and from boat. Skiing is a popular activity among the inhabitants of Molde in the winter, both on groomed tracks, in resorts or by own trail. There are several popular rock climbing, ice climbing, bouldering, glacier and basejumping areas in the immediate surroundings of Molde.

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