Hellesylt

Hellesylt is a small village in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village lies at the head of the Sunnylvsfjorden, which is a branch of the Storfjorden, and which the Geirangerfjorden in turn branches off nearby. The 0.43-square-kilometre (110-acre) village has a population (2024) of 240 and a population density of 558 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,450/sq mi). In the summertime, thousands of tourists travel through or stay in Hellesylt each day. Most of them take the Geiranger–Hellesylt Ferry to the nearby village of Geiranger, which in high season runs every one and a half hours. There is also a cruise ship pier that can handle very large ships. The village is surrounded by mountains and valleys. The Sunnylven Church is located in the village. Hellesylt was the administrative center of the former Sunnylven Municipality. Hellesylt is under constant threat from the mountain Åkerneset, which is about to erode into the Sunnylvsfjord. A collapse could cause a megatsunami in the fjord which would destroy most of the village Hellesylt.