The entrance to the hidden mall? Inside the mall on the 3rd floor, a large cafe with a reading nook.
Day: May 30, 2023
Stop, there’s an aurora!
Post by Grubb. And it’s inside the Nordnorsk Museum painted by Gunvor Bull-Teilman in 1974. It’s the only aurora borealis we saw today.
Lutheran cathedral, old style
Post by Grubb. In the middle of Tromsø, made entirely out of wood, is a 19th century Lutheran cathedral painted yellow. The uncushioned pews are more like I remember enduring. Per Vigeland’s stained glass told a more compelling story than the vague figures looming in the Arctic Cathedral. That’s Moses lifting up a snake in the…
Lights out
Post by Grubb. The Northern Light Planetarium on the campus of UiT Arctic University of Norway sits on a ridge above Tromsø. Since it wasn’t raining, we decided to walk up to the planetarium and take in a show they have about those otherworldly lights. It was a beautiful trek, like taking a walk in the hills…
Our route, Tuesday, May 30
We hoofed it up to the planetarium because they had a presentation on the Northern lights Bus back down to the Nordnorsk KundstMuseum for some Nordic art Walk over to Tromsø Cathedral (northern most Lutheran Cathedral) Stroll in and out of shops just because Discovered another hidden mall