Troms
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Troms is a county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shor
Arnøyhøgda, Laukslettinden, Tjuvtinden and Rødhetta as seen over Skattørsundet in March 2012
The 1,505 m / 5,000 ft Piggtind in the Lyngen Alps, at the intersection of Tromsø, Balsfjord and Storfjord municipalities.
Jiekkevarre reaching more than 1,800 m / 6,000 ft (1,828.80 m) high from Balsfjord Municipality.
Musvær, islands north of Kvaløya. The coast has fairly mild winters but cool summer days.
Tromsø
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Tromsø is a city in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality and the county. The city is located on the island of Tromsøya which sits in t
Troms
…as Tromsø amt. In July 2006, the Northern Sami name for the county, Romsa, was granted official status along with Troms. The county, and the city of Tromsø, is named after the island Tromsøya on which it is located, from the Old Norse Trums. Several theories exist as to the etymology of Troms. One theory…
View of the city
Hoard of Viking jewellery found in Tromsø dating from 7–8th centuries AD now in the British Museum
Photochrom print from Tromsø, 1900
The German battleship Tirpitz was bombed and sunk by the RAF off Tromsø island in 1944.