Tromso
Travel Blogs from Tromso, Norway
The Dance Of The Spirits
... . We had dinner in Peppes Pizza. The service was excellent, the staffs were nice and friendly and the food was yummi!!! ^_______________^ . . . ~ TROMSO 25/26 January ~ We got up at 7:00 AM. The sky was still dark. At 8:00 AM, we got downstairs to ...
Four rainbows before lunch! (Day 7)
... complete with stuffed polar bear - was open - allowing us to have time for a pint before heading back to the ship. We found Tromso to be a very pleasant town and enjoyed our stopover there. Be sure to check out the pics - the rainbows were ...
Tromso
Tromso is often referred to as the Paris of the North, but I can't say I really saw the similarily. To me it had more of a Baltic feel. It was nice, though. The weather was fine, and the temperature was about 15 degrees, despite its latitude of 69 degrees ...
Midnight sun...
... day, so I spent a fair bit of time in their company. The trip in question was by anybody's standards (and particularly Norway's!) a bargain. It cost a measly £40 and involved an outward bus journey through the Lyngen Alps, and a return journey aboard the ...
Too light to sleep, better party instead
... and the Loony Geordie, then at 12am, suddenly the place got crowded with a huge queue out the front. Apparently thats standard practice in Norway - Drink at home till late and head out already drunk. Lively crowd and a great night (I think I was the only ...
God Jul og Godt Nyttår!
"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!" I send you these festive wishes and a new post from a very lazy Sunday as I relax and nurse my legs after having run 10 kilometres over snow and ice around the southern coast of the island yesterday for Tromsø's ...
God Påske
"What time is it?" someone asked as we gathered around the flickering fire, painting our little snow-hollow orange with its dancing flames, browning our marshmallows perfectly and giving some relief to our shivering feet. “About midnight” ...
On Top of the World
My first instinct is to start by writing 'Has it really only been two weeks since that day when the bus landed me in Tromsø?!' The next thing I feel like saying is ‘Just two weeks?! No way, I must’ve been here for at least two ...
Tromso
Tromso a thriving northerly port, with an interesting church called the Arctic cathedral ( modern) nice botanical gardens in moutanous ...
Ut på tur - aldri sur
... the Run’, it was a 24 hour role play in which they simulate the experience of a refugee fleeing from Somalia to Norway. I was slightly dubious at first how this would work as the idea sounded slightly contrived but I was curious more than anything ...
Northernmost Point
Greetings friends & family from Tromsø, the northernmost point in our journey and by far the furthest north either of us has ever been! We are at about 70 degrees North latitude, which is approximately equivalent to Barrow, Alaska. We arrived in ...
The Northern Lights No-Show
... and back, but was amazing. We saw a group of Reindeer, some white Goose and snow storms. Not to mention the incredible view of Tromso and other mountains. We finally got back down and visited the Arctic Church on the way back to the hotel. We did go ...
Transitting in Tromsø
Boarded the flight from Oslo went to Longyearbyen via Tromso. We had to leave plane in Tromso, wait abiut 20 minutes and then reboard. There was only a couple of toilets near the gate so most of that 20 minutes was spent lining up to use them! Eventually ...
Anything you want to know about sardines?
... just wandering around the old town and the lake and a long overdue visit to a laundromat. We flew from Stavanger via Oslo to Tromso last night and have arrived to snowfalls. I don't think we have much chance of seeing the northern lights as we are ...
Rudolph stew!!!!
... it but I couldn\t. The dogs were amazing and when the 200 or so all started simging at once it was an incredible sound. After Tromso we flew back to Oslo to catch up with Jack and celebrate his birthday. We visited the ski jump where the recent world ...
Transitting through Tromsø
... the onward flight to Oslo as Svalbard was a tax-free area and people had to declare any duty-free products on arrival in Norway. We had to leave the arrivals area and walk around to the departures hall and reboard the plane after verifying that our bags ...
Tromso - Land of the Midnight Sun
... and chips. Nice if a bit salty. Fabulous views though! Wandered around, found the Olhallen, just before closing and downed a very expensive (Norway again!) pint of fizzy lager. Saw off the 6pm Hurtigruten ferry and then back to the room for a rest. At ...
Snow Place Like Home
... – I’m lucky enough to have fallen into a job at Tromsø’s only (I wouldn’t be too surprised if Norway’s only) vegetarian cooperative café. I found this charismatic wee place in my second week of being here and, entranced by ...
It is f*cking cold
After about 35 hours, 4 flights, a bus, 2 trains and a few waiting lounges, made it all the way to Tromso - but alas, missed the last bus from the airport into town. Cab from airport to hotel was only 200 kroner, budget has been decimated already! But as ...
Where the Sun Don't Shine
... of mine who travelled up for a week of the Tromsø experience from where she is currently working in the South West of Norway. Ellie and I had a most wonderfully relaxed and festive time and it felt so special to have someone to show around and be part ...
Tromsö
Settling In...
... time since my arrival, I was (more or less) surrounded by Norwegians. This may seem like a strange novelty while living in Norway, however, having my classes in English, an English-speaking flat and (at the moment) a predominantly international network of ...
Where the Sun Never Sets
Aslan has well and truly emptied his lungs on this little island, nestled green and flourishing among peaks who's thick winter blankets have been shed for patchwork quilts. Waterfalls burst from every mountainside and tentative flowers poke their heads ...
Adventures in the Arctic!
... I could have walked) to the Fjellheisen which is the cable car up to the top of Mt Storsteinen where the views over Tromso were incredible. You could see the town in the flat low area with all the snowy mountains surrounding it. ...
Hammerfest and Tromso
... given a good view of the large liquid natural gas project on one of the islands: the largest engineering project in Northern Norway; the only base-loading LNG site in Europe. It’s huge and must have an enormous economic impact on Hammerfest, having ...
Finnmark is not in Finland
... road here, I learned this after waiting on the incorrect side of the road for a bus. Went to the Polar Museum, showcasing Norway’s proud Arctic history of discovery and hunting. They make no bones about it, the place is full of stuffed polar bears, ...
The Return of the Sun
I awoke with excitement on the morning of Friday 21st January – the official day of the sun’s return up here – ready to see its long-awaited bright round head poking above the mountains. The heavily overcast sky didn’t give me ...

