{"id":2519,"date":"2023-08-25T07:42:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T11:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/?p=2519"},"modified":"2024-07-13T09:25:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T13:25:28","slug":"day-8-tromso-norway-gateway-to-arctic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/?p=2519","title":{"rendered":"Day 8 &#8211; Troms\u00f8, Norway &#8211; Gateway to Arctic"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2519\" class=\"elementor elementor-2519\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b65511f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b65511f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-753e4143\" data-id=\"753e4143\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c436f0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c436f0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Day 8 &#8211; the night before we passed 66.5\u00b0 north latitude which means we are north of the arctic circle and docked at the beautiful &#8220;Gateway to the Arctic&#8221;, in Troms\u00f8, Norway.\u00a0 Most noted for being a viewing point for colorful Northern Lights that lights up the nighttime sky in fall and spring.<\/p><p>The City is distinguished by its centuries-old wooden houses which served as a base for arctic exploration. The most distinctive structure is the Arctic Cathedral (built in 1965), with its peaked roof and soaring stained-glass windows, dominates the skyline and is often referred to as Norway&#8217;s response to the Sydney Opera House half a world away.<\/p><p>This blog will be a bit different as we produced a video (thus a vlog?) of the sites we saw in our short stay.<\/p><div id=\"v-EEBFVpYA-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='800' height='450' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/EEBFVpYA?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write; presentation'><\/iframe><\/div><p>For those who simply want a few photos:<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2522\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5738.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5738.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5738.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5738.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5738.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5738.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2536\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/?attachment_id=2536\" 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<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2533\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/?attachment_id=2533\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5751.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1690155761&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.86&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00069783670621075&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_5751\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5751.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-2533 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5751.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5751.jpg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5751.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5751.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5751.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5751.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5751.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5751.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5751.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5751.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5751.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5751.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5751.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Troms\u00f8&#8217;s Fjellheisen is a fairly quick, 5 minute cable car to the top of the mountain that overhangs the City giving the best view of the islands and Municipality of Troms\u00f8 and enjoys the North Atlantic draft of the gulf stream which keeps temperatures moderate.\u00a0 Touring is great for summer months of Midnight sun, but also the fall\/spring seasons for witnessing the northern lights.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">We arrived on a Sunday and unfortunately most quaint stores in the walkable downtown were closed for the day.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">History is preserved in the Polar Museum a testament to the conditions of polar exploration for famous Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen who explored the north as well as the south poles. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2524\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/?attachment_id=2524\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/JMS01774.jpg?fit=6000%2C3376&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"6000,3376\" 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