Thon Hotel Polar Tromsø

... when it is clear&gt;<br><br> 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 ...

... beer.<br><br>Departing Tromso, the coastal express route is sheltered by islands. to the east, the country develops into one of Norway's most impressive mountain ranges - the Lyng Alps. It becomes apparent that nearly every building between here and Kirkenes is new - well, new as of post 1945. |There is a similar theme in terms of design and structure.<br> <br>During the winter of 1944/45, when the German Army of the North was in full retreat, Hitler gave carte blanche to ...

... päärakennus! Joten ei kun sinne ja sieltähän löytyi sitten vaikka mitä. Myös sitä tuoretta lohta. Kirjoittelimme myös pikaisesti kortit ja laitoimme postiin.<br><br>Lopulta lähdimme pois ja ajoimme takaisin tunneliin ja jostain toisesta putkahdimme pihalle. Tällä kertaa menimme meren ali tunnelissa, se oli jännää... Ja lähdimme ajelemaan poispäin Tromssasta. Oli oikein mukava päivä!<br><br>Tässä vaiheessa kello oli siis jo puoli yhdeksän illalla ja Suomeen asti oli päästäv ...

... destination because I thought it was the most convenience and easiest (for me) to get around, comparing with other polar region. <br>At 12:45 PM (GMT +1) we landed at Tromsø Airport Langnes. Just few steps from the air bridge we arrived to the arrival area and the immigration desk was just located right at the entrance. There was a little misunderstanding when we went through the immigration. The officers said that one of us had a ...

... www's for our trip: <br>Mumbai online: http://www.mumbainet.com/index.php <br>Pune: http://www.virtualpune.com/ <br>Ellora/Ajanta caves: http://www.pilgrimage-india.com/west-in dia-pilgrimage/ajanta-ellora-caves.html <br>Rajasthan: http://accessrajasthan.com and http://www ...

... terminal in town. This was the right thing to do, and although we had a few hours to wait we eventually ended up on the Tromso bound bus. We arrived in Tromso three or so hours later, and were dropped off at our hotel door. It was really cold... easily into the deep minuses, and although I made a few trips outside to see if I could see the Northern lights... (too cloudy)... it was pretty much stright to bed. Next morning we awoke to snow. Deep compacted snow covered with about ...

... was outrageously HOT! Maybe it was just the fact that they wore black leather gloves... My first glimpse of Tromsø through the airplane window was absolutely breathtaking. I'm so glad Diana insisted that I come this far north for a visit. Diana was there to greet me at the airport in Tromsø and it was lovely to see her smiling face after over a year! The start of summer here ...

We arrived in Tromso and had to leave the plane again. This time people flying on domestically had to get their bags from the carousel and then recheck-in for 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 went straight through to Copenhagen as we would clear customs in Denmark.

... to Honningsvag, and when we found an English theme pub called "Sir Winston's" we couldn't resist. Phew! The beer was expensive - one pint of Julol (Christmas beer) cost 58 NOK (about £5). It was time to go back to the station to get the train, and our luggage was still in the locker so we headed back to get it. I turned the key in the lock and.....nothing happened......it stuck. Rob did not look amused. I felt slightly hysterical. The luggage ...

... 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 foreigner there and was a bit of a novelty) - The place closed at 3am and I wandered out into the bright dusky light (still can't get used to it)and headed home to get some sleep for my big trip to Alta further up north tomorrow. Arctic Church in Tromso