Was ist los in Gemeinde Tromsø, Norwegen – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – Tromso International Film Festival, Christmas holidays in Norwegen

• Festival

  Tromso International Film Festival

  12.–20. Jan. · meistVoll

  A week of cinema in the middle of January, including screenings outdoors in the snow. It is the reason the town is busy before the light comes back. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  The sun comes back

  20.–23. Jan.Polarnacht

  The sun clears the mountains on 21 January for the first time since November and the town marks it with sun buns and people standing on the bridge at noon. Two months of dark end in about an hour. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Nordlysfestivalen

  24. Jan. – 5. Feb. · meistMusikfestival

  A week of concerts across the town at the turn of January and February — classical, jazz and whatever else fits — with the lights themselves outside if the sky cooperates. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Aurora season (15. Sep. – 5. Apr. (meist)), Orca and humpback in the fjords (1. Nov. – 20. Jan. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Sami Week, Winter sports week in Norwegen

• Festival

  Sami Week

  1.–8. Feb.Großes FestivalVoll

  Reindeer racing down the main street, a lasso-throwing contest and a market of Sami crafts around the national day on 6 February. It is the best week of the winter to be in town. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Nordlysfestivalen (24. Jan. – 5. Feb. (meist)), Aurora season (15. Sep. – 5. Apr. (meist))

Viel los – Easter break in Norwegen, Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Feiertag

  Easter holidays

  2.–6. Apr.Ostern & KarwocheSchließungenFrüh buchen

  Maundy Thursday to Easter Monday is a five-day public holiday. Towns empty as Norwegians head for mountain cabins, most shops and many supermarkets close on the holy days, and trains and flights toward the mountains are full. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Aurora season (15. Sep. – 5. Apr. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Easter holidays, Easter break in Norwegen

Im April beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Easter holidays (2.–6. Apr.), Aurora season (15. Sep. – 5. Apr. (meist))

Viel los – Constitution Day, Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Feiertag

  Constitution Day

  17. MaiNationalfeiertagSchließungenVoll

  17 May is Norway's national day. Children's parades with flags and school bands march through town centres, many people wear bunad, shops close and restaurants book up. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Midnight Sun Marathon, Summer holidays in Norwegen

• Festival

  Midnight Sun Marathon

  20. JuniSporteventVollFrüh buchen

  A marathon started late in the evening in full daylight on a Saturday in the second half of June. The town fills, and the finish is somewhere around one in the morning. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Summer holidays in Norwegen, Schulferien in 7 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Bukta festival

  15.–26. Juli · meistMusikfestivalFrüh buchen

  Two days of rock on the shore at Telegrafbukta in light that never goes out, usually the third or fourth weekend of July. Rooms in town go early for it. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Summer holidays in Norwegen, Schulferien in 7 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im August beginnt nichts Neues.

Viel los – Autumn break in Norwegen, Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Natur

  Aurora season

  15. Sep. – 5. Apr. · meist

  Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April. The problem is coastal cloud, which is why the chase buses drive inland for hours.

Viel los – Autumn break in Norwegen, Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Oktober beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Aurora season (15. Sep. – 5. Apr. (meist))

Zwischensaison – Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen, ein gewöhnlicher Monat

• Natur

  Orca and humpback in the fjords

  1. Nov. – 20. Jan. · meistWalsaison

  The herring come into the fjords north-east of the city and the whales follow them, in the four hours of blue twilight that count as day. Boats run from Skjervoy rather than Tromso itself.

Läuft noch: Aurora season (15. Sep. – 5. Apr. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Christmas closures, Christmas holidays in Norwegen

• Feiertag

  Christmas closures

  24.–26. Dez.Weihnachten & NeujahrSchließungen

  Christmas Eve is the main celebration: shops close by mid-afternoon on 24 December, and 25 and 26 December are public holidays when most shops, many restaurants and museums stay shut and public transport runs a reduced timetable. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Aurora season (15. Sep. – 5. Apr. (meist)), Orca and humpback in the fjords (1. Nov. – 20. Jan. (meist))