Land of the Midnight Sun ... 2 months later :P

The day after my birthday, I headed to the land of the midnight sun, the town of Tromso, Norway with some friends and Joyce. On the trip were Gautam (India), Audrey (France), Bernd (Germany), Putri (Indonesia), Alex (Romania) and Gerdina (Holland). All of them were there a day ahead since I decided to take a cheaper flight on the Friday morning. This was bad idea since I went out drinking the night before with other friends to celebrate my birthday ☺ . Once my plane landed, I headed to the campsite where we were staying. Afterwards we went into town to check out the sites. We then returned to to camp site since everyone was exhausted from the night before. We had a nice dinner and went to bed.


The next day, we took the funicular to get a birds eye view of the city of Tromso. Even though it was the end of May there was still plenty of snow and cold weather since we were so far north. The greatest thing about being above the Artic Circle in the Spring/Summer time is that the sun NEVER sets. It’s constant daylight, which really confuses you. However, I wouldn’t want to live here in the wintertime where there is no sun at all. After the funicular ride we took a fjord trip. The first part of the trip was by bus and the last part was by boat. Along the way we say some amazing scenery and drank some beers on the boat. After the fjord trip, which ended around 10:30pm, we headed to Driv, a cool bar in Tromso. The weirdest thing about this bar was that when you stepped out on the patio at 2am with a beer in your hand, it felt like it was 7pm because it was so bright out!



The next morning/ afternoon, we went on a small hike where we met local kids that were playing soccer. These kids were really cool and the approached because they wanted us to play soccer with them. You can tell that these kids come from a small town and they are not used to seeing tourists in their small city. After that, Putri, Joyce and I went to the Polaria Museum where we got to see actual seals in a swimming tank. It was great and Putri and Joyce were freaking out like little kids :p After the museum we returned to the camp site where chef Bernd prepared a great meal.

The morning after I returned to catch my 7am flight ..ugh .. and actually went to work that day. Tromso was really cool as I’ve always wanted to see the midnight sun ever since I came to Norway. Maybe I’ll be able to see the same thing in Northern Canada one day…hmmmm.

Take care,

Jason