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ARTICLES RELATED TO Tromsø - Light and darkness | | | |  Tromsø - Light and darkness: Encyclopedia II - Tromsø - Light and darknessThe geographical location some 350 km north of the Arctic circle means that Tromsø has both midnight sun and polar night.
The Midnight sun is above the northern horizon from about May 18 to July 26, although the mountains in the north block the view to the Midnight sun a few days, meaning that you can optically see the sun from about May 21 to July 21. Due to the position on top of the globe, the twilight is longer, meaning there is no re ...
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| | | | Tromsø - Light and darkness: Encyclopedia II - Tromsø - History Settlement of the Tromsø area goes back to the end of the ice age. Einar Østmo reports this region as having Corded Ware culture remains. This is the late Neolithic into the early bronze age. During the iron age, the outer coast off Tromsø was settled by both Norse and Sami people, whereas the inland areas of Tromsø Municipality was all Sami.
The first church was built in 1252, and was then the world's northernmost church, called Sancta Maria juxta paganos, or "Saint Mary's close to the pagans". Probably around the same time, a turf rampart was built to protect the area aga ...
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| | | | Tromsø - Light and darkness: Encyclopedia II - Tromsø - Miscellaneous Tromsø was known in the 19th century as the "Paris of the North", probably because people in Tromsø appeared as far more civilized than expected to foreign tourists. Fashions, language skills and a high educational level of the city's gentry came as a big surprise to prejudiced visitors. Another reason was that the many fishermen in the city usually got a lot of money at once when they sold their fish stocks, and so often found themselves buying ...
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| | | | Tromsø - Light and darkness: Encyclopedia II - Tromsø - Geography Tromsø is the seventh largest city in Norway by population, and is home of the world's most northern university, University of Tromsø, as well as the world's most northern brewery, the most northern botanical garden ([1]) and the most northern planetarium ([2]).
The city centre is located on the east side of the Tromsøya — almost 400 km inside the Arctic Circle at 69°40′33″N, 18°55′10″E. Suburban areas include Tromsdalen (on the mainland, ea ...
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| | | | Tromsø - Light and darkness: Encyclopedia II - Tromsø - Sports Tromsø is the home of many football clubs, of which the three most prominent are Tromsø I.L., which plays in the Norwegian Premier League, I.F. Fløya in the Norwegian Premier League for women, and Tromsdalen U.I.L., playing in the second division (2005). Tromsø Midnight Sun Marathon is arranged every year in June and recently also a Polar Night Half marathon in January.
The city is also home to many clubs in the top division in various Norwegian sports. Most notably basketball-outfit Tromsø Storm in the BLNO, BK Tromsø in the top volleyball league for men, and Tromsø Volley in th ...
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| | | | Tromsø - Light and darkness: Encyclopedia II - Tromsø - Population More than 100 nationalities are represented in the population, among the more prominent minorities are the Russians and Finns. The world's northernmost mosque is to be found in Tromsø. The Our Lady Catholic church is the seat of the world's northernmost Catholic Bishop, although the Catholic population is only 350 heads strong.
The Sami minority is making itself felt again, after decades of ridicule and repression, and there is a Sami kindergarten and Sami language classes in school. Sami was once spoken in communities throughout Tro ...
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| | | | Tromsø - Light and darkness: Encyclopedia II - Tromsø - Geography Tromsø is the seventh largest city in Norway by population, and is home of the world's most northern university, University of Tromsø, as well as the world's most northern brewery, the most northern botanical garden and the most northern planetarium ([1]).
The city centre is located on the east side of the Tromsøya — about 400 km inside the Arctic Circle at 69°40′33″N, 18°55′10″E. Suburban areas include Tromsdalen (on the mainland, east of t ...
See also:Tromsø, Tromsø - Geography, Tromsø - Climate, Tromsø - Light and darkness, Tromsø - History, Tromsø - Population, Tromsø - Sports, Tromsø - Culture, Tromsø - Landmarks, Tromsø - Miscellaneous, Tromsø - People, Tromsø - Twin towns Read more here: » Tromsø: Encyclopedia II - Tromsø - Geography |
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| | | | Tromsø - Light and darkness: Encyclopedia II - Tromsø - Climate Tromsø is rather famous in Norway for having a lot of snow in the winter, although this varies a lot from one year to the next. In the winter of 1996/97 a new all time record was set April 29 1997 when the meteorological station on top of Tromsøya could - with some difficulty - record 240 cm of snow. The coldest temperature ever recorded is -18.4°C, and the January average is a mere -4°C. This is due to the warming effects of the North Atlantic Dri ...
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