When we were in Tromso we joined a tour that take us outside the city and waited for a whole night for polar lights. We saw them in the end so that was cool., but I remember seeing the thermometer saying it was -25 degrees C. We did have a lot of jackets on, was moving around and had a fire. We also went on the postal cruise (can't remember the name) that took us right to the border of Norway and Russia. We saw Northern lights every night on the cruise.
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Hurtigruten, goes from Bergen to Kirkenes, used to be very important part of communications in the North of Norway, now the ships are much bigger, but mostly optimised towards tourists.
While I wrote that Tromsø is not so cold in the winter time, one doesn't have to go far to find very low temperatures. We're living in Oslo now, ten degrees further south. Winters are comparable, but much shorter, and summers are warmer and longer.
Yes, Hurtigruten, that's the one. And yes, I think Tromso is suppose to be one of the warmest place you can see the northern lights, because the warm Atlantic current is keeping it warmer than most cities of the same latitude. But as soon as you go inland you start to get cold real quickly.
Quite correct.
I'd say that Trondheim/Trodhjem is the northernmost city in Norway, anything further north is a town or village.
The very best places to watch a polar light - it's in the mountains and hills. I'dlights is toat the polar claim the third best place to look
When did you go? They say there's a peak in activity avery 11 years, and I went in 2014, hopefully can go back again in 2025
I went in 2010 so quite a while back. Would love to go again. Would love to see Norway in summer too!