Alnes lighthouse was established in 1852 to guide fishing boats safely to the harbor of the small fishing community of Alnes

Alnes

Alnes is a small village on Godøya island in the municipality of Giske in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the north side of the island about northwest of the village of Leitebakk, accessible through a tunnel through the mountainous center part of the island.The predominant...

 on Godøy

Godøy

Godøy is an island in the municipality of Giske in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is famous for its beautiful nature, dominated by the tall mountain Storhornet and the large lake Alnesvatnet....

 island on the west coast of Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located on the north side of Godøy

Godøy

Godøy is an island in the municipality of Giske in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is famous for its beautiful nature, dominated by the tall mountain Storhornet and the large lake Alnesvatnet....

 island in the municipality of Giske

Giske

Giske is an island and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It lies north-northwest of the town of Ålesund in the Sunnmøre traditional district. The municipal center is the village of Nordstrand on the island of Valderøy. Other population centers include the villages of Roald and...

 in Møre og Romsdal

Møre og Romsdal

is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

 county, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northwest of Leitebakk

Leitebakk

Leitebakk is a small village on the island of Godøya in the municipality of Giske in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located about southeast of the village of Alnes, the location of the Alnes lighthouse. The village has a population of 581, which gives the village a population...

. The current lighthouse was built in 1876 and is still in operation with a few modifications.

The lighthouse

Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....

 was automated in 1982 and is now owned by the municipality of Giske

Giske

Giske is an island and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It lies north-northwest of the town of Ålesund in the Sunnmøre traditional district. The municipal center is the village of Nordstrand on the island of Valderøy. Other population centers include the villages of Roald and...

. The galley and the tower are open for tourists from May through October, and the old keeper's house has a café and an exhibition hall where artwork from local artists are displayed. There is also a small historical museum inside the lighthouse tower. Only a 30-minute drive from Ålesund

Ålesund

is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre, and the center of the Ålesund Region. It is a sea port, and is noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture....

, it is easily accessible for visitors and is one of the most visited lighthouses in Norway.