I read somewhere that you can grow carrots in milk cartons on your windowsill. Not on my sill, you can’t.
The sun never goes down during this season but the mountains to the East are so high that the sun still has to raise above them in the morning hours and an artificial dawn-effect wakes the city.
This is our view to the west. After work the shore becomes alive with activity. Tromsøværing (the Tromsø folk) make the most of the afternoon sun with fishing, jogging and rollerskiing.
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The further ‘out of the way’ you go the more common it is to see folk cottages standing by the side of roads, along fjords or in a thicket of trees, minding their own business.
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Norwegians are starting to get adventurous with cooking on the barbie.
Even in the peak of summer our mountains have touches of snow.
21st January is soldagen (the sun day) when the sun officially returns to Tromsø.