Tromsø
Tromsø is a city of around 78,000 people (2023) in the very northernmost part of Norway. It is almost 350 km north of the Arctic Circle and is one of the best places to view the spectacular Northern Lights in winter. Wikivoyage
Population 79,943 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Norway
- January: 0 h 24 of daylight
- February: 7 h 24 of daylight
- March: 11 h 31 of daylight
- April: 16 h 02 of daylight
- May: 21 h 55 of daylight
- June: 24 h of daylight
- July: 24 h of daylight
- August: 18 h 09 of daylight
- September: 13 h 27 of daylight
- October: 9 h 12 of daylight
- November: 4 h 11 of daylight
- December: 0 h of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Tromsø Cathedral Attraction · 70 m
- Skansen Attraction · 500 m
- Moritz Klein Memorial · 50 m
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- Meyer Leib Shotland Memorial · 100 m
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- Eva Shotland Memorial · 100 m
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- Salomon Shotland Memorial · 100 m
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- Rosa Shotland født Becker Memorial · 100 m
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- Rebekka Sakolsky født Shotland Memorial · 130 m
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Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Tromsø International Film Festival
January
The Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF) is an annual film festival held during the third week of January in Tromsø, Norway.
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Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage; descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Eating nearby
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