Key facts about Tromsø

Access

• Tromsø Airport Langnes is centrally located, just four kilometres from the city centre
• The airport has some international flights and several daily departures to Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim for further connections
• Hurtigruten(The Norwegian Coastal Voyage) has daily departures both northbound and southbound all year round
• Industries: Education, research, satellite technology, fish processing, fishing, fish trade, administration and health
• Northernmosts: University, brewery, Protestant and Catholic Cathedrals, mosque, botanic garden

Facts

• Number of inhabitants: 65,000
• It has 14 hotels with 1,417 hotel rooms with 2,601 hotel beds
• Meeting capacity for up to 600 people
• Meeting capacity outside hotels for up to 3,000 people
• Midnight Sun: May 21st - July 21st
• Polar Nights: November 21st - January 21st
• Northern Lights: September - April

History

• 1252: First church of Tromsø
• 1794: City charter
• 1834: Diocese of Tromsø
• 1877: Mack Brewery
• 1928: Roald Amundsen sets out from Tromsø on his final expedition
• 1944: German warship Tirpitz sunk off Tromsø, 971 casualties
• 1964: Airport of Tromsø
• 1972: University of Tromsø
• 1998: Polar Institute moves to Tromsø