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lastmod: "2024-03-13T12:18:00.0000000+00:00"
author: patrick
date: "2024-03-13T12:18:00.0000000+00:00"
title: Trip to Tromsø
summary: "Travelogue of my trip to Norway."
gallery: true
---

# Friday (2024-03-08)

* Wagamama's at Gatwick
* Toblerone
* Plane to Tromsø!
* Landed 2340 local time
* About an hour between landing and getting a taxi
* First sight of tunnel system under Tromsø mountains
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Northern Lights visible from plane; they turned off the cabin lights so we could see.
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# Saturday (2024-03-09)

* Breakfast (great smoked salmon and pickled herring, scrambled eggs, mushrooms, beans, bread, butter, apple jam)
* Ran into some lost tourists, resulting in a rainy walk over [bridge to east](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troms%C3%B8_Bridge)
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* [Arctic cathedral](https://www.ishavskatedralen.no/en/the-arctic-cathedral/)
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* [Cable car](https://www.fjellheisen.no/engelsk/fjellheisen-home) up mountain, vue panoramique
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* Back to hotel, sauna
* Cinnamon bun and golden milk at [Pust Kafé](https://www.kafe.pust.io/) (maximum bougie London energy)
* [Polar museum](https://en.uit.no/tmu/polarmuseet)
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* Carrot cake and Lady Grey tea at hotel
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* Tea at hotel, sauna again and jacuzzi outside
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# Sunday (2024-03-10)

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* [Snowshoe walk](https://www.wanderingowl.com/tour/tromso/winter-walk-on-the-wild-side-troms%C3%B8/P7YEHB/) at Kattfjordeidet

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* [Aurora tour](https://auroratour.no/about-us/), ending up around [Skibotn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skibotn); back around 0230 local time

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# Monday (2024-03-11)

* [Husky sledding](https://tromsodogsledding.com/)
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* Jacuzzi again
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# Tuesday (2024-03-12)

* [Glass blowing workshop](https://www.blaast.no/)
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* More buns at Pust
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* [Aquarium](https://polaria.no/en/) (featuring seals!)
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* Plane to Luton
* Arrived home 0120 GMT

# Stats

* Nikoli-style puzzles solved: 48
* Saunas: 7
* Jacuzzis: 2
* Cardamom buns: 2
* Items of clothing lost: 1