The notebook of Tromsø
Look further than the horizon line.
An arctic city animated between mountains and straits, Tromsø serves as a base for aurora, polar culture and sea trips.
At your own pace
Identity summary
3 to 7 days
Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Recommended car
City · Coast · Mountain · Nature
Good accessibility
Modular rhythm
General presentation
Tromsø
An arctic city animated between mountains and straits, Tromsø serves as a base for aurora, polar culture and sea trips.
To understand what Tromsø is, you have to look at the Arctic Cathedral, Polaria and Polar Museum of Tromsø. These places give you a view of a territory marked by urban life, the coastline, mountain reliefs and natural spaces and allow you to move from emblematic sites to more intimate stages.
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For a stay of 3 to 7 days, it is better to balance visits and travel times. Also to be anticipated: conditions to be checked according to the season. A car is usually the easiest way to connect the different sectors. The main sites are generally easy to access.
Strengths and constraints
Strengths
- Arctic Cathedral
- Polaria
- Polar Museum of Tromsø
Before you choose
- Car often useful
- Conditions to be checked by season
Places worth visiting
A selection to start dreaming and organizing the stay — not an exhaustive list of everything there is to see.
Cathedral
Cathédrale arctique
The Cathédrale arctique stands eleven triangles of concrete and glass facing the strait of Tromsø; its large stained glass windows color an interior designed to evoke ice, light and reliefs of the North.
Place indismissible
Polaria
Polaria explains Arctic ecosystems through aquariums, panoramic films and bearded seals, in a building whose volumes remind of ice plates pushed on the shore.
Museum
Musée polaire de Tromsø
Located in an old port warehouse, the Polar Museum traces the expeditions, hunting and winter life that earned Tromsø its role as a gateway to the Arctic.
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