Chapter 13 – Last day in Tromso City

Compared to the other cities I travelled, Tromso is a very expensive city to travel to and live in. Today is our last day in Tromso. We are all a little tired because of this long trip by facing the extreme winter climate. The last few days we spend in Tromso, and expereanced amazing northern lights every day in different locations. I don’t want to explain each day northern lights experience and make this travelogue long. So today, our Last day – We plan to visit the Tromso city attractions. As I mentioned at the beginning of the travelogue, we have only very little daylight to explore. First, we drove around some remort area away from the city to experience some wild snow road diving and reached back to Tromso city by 11 am.

The first stop we made is on the Arctic Cathedral Which is one of the top attractions in Tromso city the architecture of this church is unique in a way by adapting the geographical condition. The church was not opened when we visited, so we only have an external view.

Next, we Moved to the Tromso city viewpoint. This is a hilltop near Tromso town where we can enjoy the amazing view of Tromso city.

several hiking paths leading to other viewpoints. But the path was completely covered with thick layers of snow. So it's impossible to walk around without a snowshoe. I fixed my camera on a nice location where I can capture the Tromso city transition from daylight tonight. But it was never easy on that windy freezing snowing climate. To reach here, we need to take a cable car from the Tromso cablecar station (Fjellheisen). At the time we reached here, there was some heavy snowfall happening but the cable car was still functional. Once we reached the hilltop, the view was completely blocked by heavy snowfall. Anyway, I decided to stay here until getting a clear view of Tromso city. Because when I planned this trip, the view from here is one of the priority on my itinerary. After one hour the snowfall is stopped and slowly we were getting a nice view of Tromso city. also we can see on the hilltop there are

Around 3 pm it became pitch dark then we moved back to the town centre for some shopping and last night dinner and drinks. We brought some souvenirs for ourselves and our friends. Also brought some sandwiches and Polar beer” from the grocery. The town is still with the Xmas lights so it's an amazing experience to walk around the street with the snow. But the temperature is reaching -18 and above so it's never easy. Around 7 pm we reached back to our homestay and packed our bag for the airport. we are taking a flight to Copenhagen Denmark for a night then returning to Dubai.

The overall experience of this Arctic trip is so amazing and I wish everyone who is walking with me on this travelogue will get a chance to visit these amazing locations. From all of my travel experience, I will rank the Northerlights experience as Number 1. We don’t experience this at least once in a lifetime, I believe our life is not fulfilled. Yes, this is an expensive region to visit. But proper planning can control our budget and help to explore with minimum budget. Hop this travelogue give you some motivation and idea about the region and help to plan yourself. Thank you everyone for reading and wishing all of you a safe trip.