Alshus is a village in the municipality of Fredrikstad, Norway, situated on the island and former municipality of KrÃÂ¥kerøy. Its population (SSB 2005) is 1,019. Alshus is placed at the eastern coast of KrÃÂ¥kerøy (directly translated to Crow Island), lying next to Kallera and Femdal. The kids in this village is basically belonging to Lunde barneskole, and the youngsters at KrÃÂ¥kerøy Ungdomsskole. The two local sportsclubs is the blue-suitedTrolldalen IF and KrÃÂ¥kerøy IL in their white shirts and green shorts.
Alshus is basically connected by the main roads Alshusveien (The Alshus Road), H. O. Torgersensvei (The Hans Oskar Torgersen's Road) and Futerødveien (The Futerød Road). In the recent years, Alshusbuen (The Alshus Arc) is added. Alshusveien is the one to connect with the rest of the world.
As the village is lying next to the River Glomma, who is actually the longest river in Norway, it played some kind of a role during the World War II. By the riverside, there still is two or three bunkers left, which is fully accessible for casual tourists. To enter this bunkers, you have to head for the H. O. Torgersensvei, then Fortveien and just look for the coast.
On the outskirts of the village are the headquarters of KrÃÂ¥kerøy MC-klubb.
Down by the riverside, there also is a beach called the Lieutenant Bay.