Essential Tromso Historical City Walk: Discover Century-Long Histories and Landmarks
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92 Ratings
Tromsø
Embark on a captivating historical city walk in Tromsø, uncovering its rich past and iconic landmarks. Explore the Polar Museum and delve into the city's fascinating history.
Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • The Polar Museum - The Polar Museum is closed for renovations for the rest of 2018, and well be back as part of this tour in 2019. In the meantime we will visit one of two other sites.
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

A knowledgeable tour guide will familiarize you with the city of Tromsø and its storied history, filled with tales and interesting accounts. You will visit Tromsø’s most significant landmarks, including a number of northern record-holders and delightful wooden houses dating back to the city’s era as a key trading center in the North. Additionally, the excursion involves a guided visit to the distinct Polar Museum in Tromsø.

  • Meet your guide at the tourist information office. The default language of the tour is English.
  • The total rate for this tour includes a commission to TripAdvisor/Viator for their services.
Location
Samuel Arnesens gate 5
Samuel Arnesens gate
The meeting point is at the tourist information "Visit Tromsø", upstairs in the port terminal.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Steven_c
Mar 21, 2024
Great Tromsø Historical Overview - Astrid lead our tour, and she is fantastic. She's a knowledgable guide who was born in the Arctic region, and has lived here most of her life. She really knows the area's history, loves to share it and is enthusiastic about the area. The three people in my party all thoroughly enjoyed our time learning about Tromsø, its people, and its history. Highly recommend this tour!
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Hennfj
Mar 17, 2024
Lionel was a wonderful guide - Lionel had an in-depth knowledge of everything and related all with humor. His presentation was so interesting and engaging that we hoped he would be giving a tour the next day.
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Debra
Mar 11, 2024
Essential historic Tromso - The guide, Bernard, was extremely informed and communicated well, with a lovely sense of humor and important tangential facts. We walked through the important parts of town and visited the polar museum where he explained he exhibits very well. I delightful afternoon.
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Audrey_b
Mar 8, 2024
Great History Tour! - Our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable. We loved the detailed history of Tromsø and the explanation of exhibits throughout the Polar Museum. Going to the Polar Museum (admission included with tour) was a nice surprise since I didn’t realize it was part of the tour.
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796safiar
Feb 13, 2024
Walking tour...good overall - The walk was at the right pace with stops for sharing information of a historical as well as non historical value. Gives u a good oversight of the place and what to do with free time eg museums and eateries. Astrid was helpful and concerned about ones comfort. Overall a great way to get acquainted with the layout of the city.
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Philip_j
Feb 10, 2024
Lovely relaxed small group tour of Tromso - We wanted to learn more about Tromso after the usual minibus tours chasing lights and reindeers etc…. We met our guide Astrid at the local indoor tourist centre in the bus station along with 3 other visitors, and her walking tour gave great insights into the history and culture of Tromso explaining about its local hero Roald Amundsen, first man to lead an expedition to reach the South Pole. We also got some recommendations on places to eat along the way (we tried them afterwards in the fish market cafe & small burger shop… delicious! ) This is a lovely relaxed stroll through the town, asking questions as we went along….. much better than just walking the town yourself and really not knowing what you are looking at.. well recommended.
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Eleni_a
Jan 22, 2024
Thanks, Lionel - Lionel was great! He had a vast knowledge of the history of Arctic and at the same time a great sense of humour.
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Johnmd6635bs
Mar 2, 2024
nice walk - pleasant walk around the city and museum. great to see the polar museum, it was incredibly big from the inside. good end to the pub..
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Katherine_b
Apr 27, 2024
Polar Museum Tour with just a couple city highlights - Most of the time was spent in the Polar Museum. Not a typical walking tour of a city. The guide was friendly but think the tour should be marketed differently. A few reviews mentioned this but unfortunately I did not read them all prior to booking.
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Jennifer_c
Mar 17, 2024
Not historical city walk, a walk to the museum. - This was not a historical city walk. This was a walk to the museum where we spent over an hour learning about Norways history of artic exploration. The viator description should include that. I would not have booked if it had. The guide was very friendly and very knowledgeable about the history of Nordic exploration. So if that's your thing, this tour is for you.
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