Tromsø, Norway
Things to do in Tromsø
Everything in the Atlas for Tromsø: places to see and things to do, in one list.
Arctic Cathedral
Eleven concrete triangles and a glass mosaic 23 metres high, finished in 1965 and visible from the whole city.
Polaria
A small aquarium and Arctic research centre with bearded seals, built as five ice floes tipped against a shore.
Storsteinen
421 metres by cable car, with the island city below and the midnight sun above it from late May.
An aurora night with a forecast, not a promise
A guide who drives to clear sky — sometimes into Finland — is worth more than one who stays put; nobody can guarantee the lights, and anyone who does is selling something.
A Sámi reindeer herding afternoon
Book with a Sámi-owned operator; the difference between a working herd and a photo backdrop is obvious within ten minutes.
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