City Living Tromso Tromsø

... when it is clear>

The Tourist Office explained that today would be the clearest in the morning, meaning that it would be a good day to go up in the cable car to a neighbouring mountain to get a good view of all of Tromso from above. Whilst up there we saw the peak of the mountain and thought that we would give it a go at making it to the summit. This took us a good 3 hours there and back, but was amazing. We saw a group of Reindeer ...

... flurries of snow, a touch of wind and the refreshing nature of temperatures bordering on 0C. Going out on the open deck in shirt sleeves is for the stout of soul.

This craft has stopped at seven ports on each of the last three days. These have ranged from tiny
Lofoten island stops to centres that are of considerable size.

Harstad is a city of 25,000 souls that is a central meeting place for the islands clustering around Hinnoy, Norway's largest island ...

... kahdelta, joten jätimme ruokailun myöhempään. Löysimme kuitenkin viimein ja vihdoin kalakaupan, josta saa tuoretta lohta! Se vaan menee kiinni ennen kuin ehdimme takaisin sinne, mutta onneksi myyjä sanoi vinkin, että kaupungin pohjoispuolella on kauppakeskus, jossa on myös myymälä. Emme viitsineet ostaa kalaa etukäteen, koska jääkaappi ei toimi kun auto ei käy ja muutenkin olimme alkaneet epäilemään, ettei se toimi oikein ollenkaan tai ainakaan kunnolla... Ai niin, siis ...

... How do we get to the city without the money? Many bad thoughts were running in my mind. In this situation I thought to walk to the city but it seemed impossible. I thought to ask the information desk lady for help and I thought ... All in a sudden, Mr. K. remembered that he still had another credit card with him but it was very closed to its expiry date. We were just wondering if that worked. We tried and...it worked!!! :D
Tromsø, Troms, Norway cristinaw

... a decent sized and modern town with beautiful homes, beautiful women, and all of the things you would expect to find anywhere. It even has a university... the northernmost in the world. (whats going on Iceland... get your **** together.). There are shopping centres, night clubs, pubs, and cafes... everything you coud possibly need. This town was the ultimate goal on our journey, as Tromso is the place to go if you want to see the northern lights, so Danny and myself set about ...

... would be to the airport. The girl said to ask a taxi driver. We spoke to a guy that said 200 at the most and he didn't think that the airport was open overnight so that was it. No sleeping at the airport for us. Cabins were good and we caught the taxi at 0530 to the airport which ended up costing 235kr leaving us only about 20kr for the 4 hours wait in Oslo but oh well.

... where we were and made our way down to the botanical garden. The botanical garden was cool. There were a bunch of different flowers from all kinds of alpine and cool climates. There were also imported rocks that were used for landscaping. Instead of walking back (about 3 miles), we took the bus back to the city center for 24 NOK. From there, we took another bus across the bridge to the base of Fjellhies mountain where there is a gondola to ...

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 we boarded the flight and after they worked out a problem with an "extra passenger" on board we were on our way to Longyearbyen.

... movie "enjoy the scenery" blah, blah. Finally arrived at camp at 5pm. Unfortunately we didn't have an ensuite. Most of the group went for a dip/swim in the cold, icy river and then ran to the sauna. I was more sensible than that and watched them freeze instead. This evening it rained during dinner, so we all squished into a cabin to eat- nice and cosy. The surrounding mountains had now disappeared due to the fog and low clouds. Another bright night, good thing I have an eye mask.

... several years of English! The hall was packed at lunch with many men and women having beer, a meal, and shooting the bull just as we do in our bars at home. Next we headed over to the Dom Kirken which is Tromsø's old cathedral. For a cathedral it is quite small compared to those in most European countries. From there we came across a monument to Roald Amundsen, the famous Polar explorer. He was ...