Tromso Travel Blogs

The polar night just ended a couple of days ago, but that does not mean there is a lot of sun about. The sun peeks above the mountaintops for just a couple of hours a day, and it never really becomes fully light. Sunset basically follows immediately after sunrise, so you have golden hour all day lo…

I have had loads of people ask me for information about where I booked things / how much things were so I thought I would add another entry with all the information on! I flew direct from Stansted to Tromsø with Norwegian Air Shuttle - http://www.norwegian.no/sw7127.asp the flights were…

The big day had come. A trip which was two year in the planning, but today, Danik and Olga boarded the flight from London Gatwick to Tromso with Norway's no-frills airline, Norweign. A pleasant experience was had, despite the thirty minute delay at Gatiwck due to the early fog. Comfy seat…

To wake up only 4 hrs later, in a hurry to get downstairs and have breakfast before it ends at 11am, just to find out that on Mondays breakfast ends at 10am… Isn’t the best way to start the journey!!! Anyway, we went out, the three of us, with the intention of visiting the Arctic Cathedral …

Today we reached the northernmost spot of our holiday thanks to a day trip to Mikkelvik. After our drive through a 1.7km long underwater tunnel we came to a lovely place at the back of beyond that was covered with shells (a collector wouldn’t have known where to bend first).   In the…

A great weekend in Tromsø:)

This was one windy and rainy weekend but fun never the less.... Was hopeing for great weather where the possibilities for northern light would show upon the sky. Unfortunatly the weather was so bad that all i could see was the hair in my face from the crazy wind:) On top that i had the most runny n…

Well, we are back in Tromso, it is 12am, instead we arrived at night when everything is closed. We went to the Midnight concert in Tromso at the arctic cathedral. The concert was 45min. it was an experience listening to classical music from Edvard Grieg.   The musicians: Knut Shoning…

3 weeks in Northern Norway - Tromsø and North Cape.. And then - an impulse decision: Svalbard - 78° N! After two weeks of rain, rain, rain we needed to experience something different. I love the arctic climate and nature - so why not spend a few days on Svalbard?! It was a great experience!!

Tromso,also known as "the Paris of the North". A picturesque, peaceful, beautiful Arctic town. I visited Tromso a few years ago, my first trip to Scandinavia. I LOVED it there, just my kind of place, peaceful, fresh air, beautiful scenery and friendly people.

Sun at night during the trip from Rovaniemi-Ballangen-Lofoten-Tromso-Nordkapp

My short trip to Tromsø.

Svalbard, baby;)

A year long road trip driving from Sydney to Southampton in a BMW X5 checking out progress on the Asian Highway Project and visiting 100 world heritage sites along the way

I never would have thought a cruise along the western coast of Norway would have been worthwile, but after my grandmother took my sister and I, I realized it was spectacular. The landscape had a harsh, rugged beauty and the near 24-hour sunlight within the arctic circle was really an experience. Bergen was the largest city in Norway (but has only 250,000 inhabitants). The hiking was just phenomenal - especially when we climbed on a glacier.