a visual story from the north
Kaja Josefine Larsen
69O NORTH POPULATION 74 541 The 9. largest city in Norway
TROMSØ
(2017)
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FACTS The “midnight sun” is above the horizon from 19 May to 27 July, and polar night from 28 November to 14 January. From November to Mars the average temperature is under 0 oC. Tromsø has the world’s northernmost botanical garden. It is the largest urban area in Northern Norway and the third largest north of the Arctic Circle Tromsø experiences a subarctic climate
Tromsø is a popular place to observe the majestic phenomenon of the northern light.
TROMSDALSTINDEN 1,238 metres above sea level
The Polar Night in Tromsø is a time of beautiful colors and soft, indirect light. Even during the darkest times, there are still two or three hours of light a day as the sun skirts just below the horizon, never fully rising. During the Polar Night, in November and January, the skies can be filled with up to six hours of sunrise and sunset-like colors.
The all-time record for snow depth was set on 29 April 1997, when the meteorological station recorded 240 cm of snow on the ground.
Tromsø has only two seasons: a long winter, and a brief summer that arrives almost overnight sometime between late May and late June, at the start of the Midnight Sun period.
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