Tromse

Tromso , town in the Arctic Circle , the administrative center of the northern territories of Norway.

Tromso - the eighth- most-populated city in Norway. The city center is on a small island , about 400 km north of the Arctic Circle.Here are the most northern university in the world University of Tromsø , UiT, botanical gardens , a brewery, a football club and a planetarium. One sixth of the inhabitants of this small city are students .

in Tromso is better to arrive by plane, and better in the spring when the polar night is over, the sun shines - then you can see a beautiful landscape - beautiful high mountains with large caps of snow, Strait (Tromsøysund) around the island, many small settlements on the shores of the fjords . At this point you can ponyatt why it is called the Paris of the North .

The sights of the city are Molissfossen , Waterfall, Polar Arctic Cathedral Museum, Polaria (Polaria), Church of the Arctic Ocean (Ishavskathedralen).In this city to see its beauty and character to climb the mountain Fløien (Floya) on the elevator , walk down the main pedestrian street (Storgata), must go on a small boat to fish and be sure to cod.

The settlements have existed on the site of Tromsø since the last glacial period and the Iron Age .The first church was built in Tromsø in 1252. Status of Tromsø received in 1794. In XIX century the importance of increasing the establishment of the department of Bishop (1834), opening the Teachers' College (1848) and the ship repair yard (1872). During the Second World War the city was temporarily the Government of Norway.Tromso is not affected by the war, though far from the city was flooded German battleship Tirpitz suffering , which killed nearly 1,000 German soldiers. In 1964 he opened the airport. In 1972 - the university .

Generally , in Tromsø in the winter a lot of snow , although from year to year is different.In winter 1996/1997 , the weather service recorded a record of Tromsø snow cover , which is April 29 has reached 240 cm minimum temperature of -18,4 ° C, average January temperature is -4 ° C. This mild climate in these latitudes due to the proximity of the Gulf Stream.A fairly cool summer , the average July temperature is 12 ° C; daytime temperatures just above and varies from 9 to 25 ° C. In 1972 he was recorded temperature record - +30 ° C.

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