Tromsø in Norway

14 December 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

Downtown Tromsø © flickr.com - The Municipality of Tromsø/cc-by-2.0

Downtown Tromsø © flickr.com – The Municipality of Tromsø/cc-by-2.0

Tromsø (Northern Sami: Romsa; Finnish and Kven: Tromssa; Swedish: Tromsö) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø. Other notable settlements in the municipality include the villages of Bjerkaker, Ersfjordbotn, Jøvika, Kaldfjord, Kjosen, Kroken, Kvaløysletta, Lakselvbukt, Melvika, Movik, Oldervik, Sandneshamn, Sjursnes, Sommarøy, and Tromsdalen.   read more…

Sommarøy in Norway

6 December 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

© Harald Groven/cc-by-sa-3.0-no

© Harald Groven/cc-by-sa-3.0-no

Sommarøy or Sommerøya is an old fishing village in the western part of Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located about 36 kilometres (22 mi) west of the city of Tromsø and is a popular tourist destination due to its white sand beaches and scenery. The 0.41-square-kilometre (100-acre) village has a population (2023) of 304 and a population density of 741 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,920/sq mi).   read more…

The Roald Amundsen

1 November 2022 | Author/Destination: | Category: Cruise Ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  6 minutes

Roald Amundsen © flickr.com - Birgitta Michal/cc-by-sa-2.0

Roald Amundsen © flickr.com – Birgitta Michal/cc-by-sa-2.0

MS Roald Amundsen is a new hybrid powered Hurtigruten expedition cruise ship. She was built by Kleven Yards of Norway and started her maiden voyage on 3 July 2019 from the Norwegian port Tromsø to Hamburg. She and her sister ship Fridtjof Nansen are the first hybrid-powered ships in the Hurtigruten fleet.   read more…

Norway’s Selling a Super Villain Starter Set

1 September 2012 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, House of the Month Reading Time:  3 minutes

Olavsvern Naval Submarine Base

Olavsvern Naval Submarine Base

You can’t very well take over the world from your parent’s basement, now can you? No, a proper arch-nemesis needs a sufficiently intimidating hidden base. Luckily, Norway is selling off its defunct Olavsvern Naval Submarine Base for a $17.5 million pittance.   read more…

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