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Vista de Tromsø, Noruega, 2019-09-04, DD 16-19 PAN
Panoramic of Tromsø
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Tromsø is a city in Norway. It is in Tromsø municipality and Troms county. Most of the city is on a small island called Tromsøya.

Tromsø is the largest city in Northern Norway.

History

Ships, each with hundreds of tourists, came to Tromsø, already around 1850; the largest tourist attraction there, was the Sami camp in Tromsdalen.

Living polar bears were being sold in Tromsø, author Cora Sandel wrote in 1904.

The University of Tromsø was opened in Tromsø in 1972.

Images for kids

  • Tromso burial

    Hoard of Viking jewellery found in Tromsø dating from 7–8th Centuries AD now in the British Museum.

  • Walfängerdenkmal am Stortorget in Tromsø

    Fangst og fiskerimonumentet by Sivert Donali at Stortorget in Tromsø (1984)

  • Tromsø 1900

    Photochrom print from Tromsø, 1900

  • Tirpitz altafjord 2

    The German battleship Tirpitz was bombed and sunk off Tromsø island in 1944.

  • Tromsø kommunes våpenskjold på Rødbanken

    A relief of the arms on a 1910 façade.

  • Arctic-oasis-Troms

    Tromsø in May

  • The Northern Lights in Tromsø

    The Northern Lights near Tromsø.

  • Tromsø in midnight sun in July

    Tromsø in midnight sun in July.

  • Peder Balke-Tromsø

    19th Century view of Tromsø by Peder Balke.

  • Tromsø sentrum (5835702754)

    Tromsø sentrum

  • Catedral del ártico, Tromsø, Noruega, 2019-09-04, DD 33

    Arctic Cathedral in Tromsø

  • Puerto, Tromsø, Noruega, 2019-09-04, DD 48

    Port of Tromsø

  • Nerstanda

    Interior of one of the city's shopping centres

  • Centro de arte contemporáneo, Tromsø, Noruega, 2019-09-04, DD 31

    Tromsø Gallery of Contemporary Art (Tromsø Kunstforening).

  • Catedral, Tromsø, Noruega, 2019-09-04, DD 68

    Domkirken - Tromsø Cathedral

  • Madiba Tromso

    Nelson Mandela at 46664 Arctic

  • TromsoJumpingHill

    Ski jump in Tromsø

  • Johannes Steen

    Johannes Steen

  • Arthur arntzen

    Arthur Arntzen, 2007

  • Roger Nilsen

    Roger Nilsen, 2008

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