Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Tromsø
Kunstforening
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Strand-
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The Arctic Cathedral (aka Tromsdal Church, akaThe Boathouse Church)
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Macks Ølbryggeri (Mack's Brewery)
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Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum
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Polaria
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Polarmuseet (The Polar Museum)
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Tromsø Botaniske Hage
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Tromsø Domkirke
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Tromsø Museum
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There's an interactive section where you can push various buttons that acti-
vate exhibits showing the effects of environmental pollution, plus a 7-minute
retrospective demonstrating how the gas and oil reserves under the Arctic tun-
dra result from millions of years of geology. There's an indoor pool for the care,
shelter, and feeding of arctic seals, with regular feedings and seal gymnastics.
And in the lobby, there's a genuinely wonderful gift shop—one of the most
interesting in town—selling souvenirs and some remarkably charming gift
items, including hand-painted lacquered boxes hauled in from across Norway's
frontiers with Russia.
Hjarmar Johansens gata.
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77-75-01-00.
Admission 80NOK ($11) adults, 65NOK ($9.25) students and sen-
iors, 40NOK ($5.70) children 3-16. Mid-May to mid-Aug daily 10am-7pm; mid-Aug to mid-May daily
noon-5pm.
Polarmuseet (The Polar Museum)
Not to be confused with Polaria, a
space-age celebration of the Arctic's ecosystems (described separately above), the
Polar Museum showcases the bravery and ingenuity of the 19th- and early-20th-
century fishermen, hunters, whalers, trappers, and explorers who made the Arc-
tic their home. The museum is set into an interconnected wood-sided complex
of red-painted buildings adjacent to Tromsø's harbor. A bronze statue of explorer
Roald Amundsen is positioned directly in front of the museum. Inside, in an
antique warehouse whose stout timbers illustrate the construction techniques of
the 19th century, you'll find gruesome photographs and dioramas showing how
genuinely rough life in the frozen north could be, even as late as the 1960s. On
