Tromsø tips

British Airways introduces its first-ever flight to Tromsø, Norway, offering a unique opportunity to witness the northern lights and engage in Arctic winter sports, starting December 2024.

Many of the travellers who venture beyond the Arctic Circle to Norway’s northern capital, Tromsø, do so with very realistic hopes of seeing the Northern Lights. But those who come chiefly to be dazzled by the Aurora Borealis will find a city capable of springing plenty of culinary surprises, thanks to a varied dining scene reflecting a population that’s more cosmopolitan than some might assume. At its root, however, is a world-class offering of fresh local fish, from herring to halibut, served on its own, as sushi or in a delicious soups and stews.

Tromsø’s natural gifts can seem almost unfair. Buried deep in the Arctic Circle in northern Norway, it’s surrounded by the soaring, skiable peaks of the Lyngen Alps and fjords that draw pods of humpback whales in the winter. And, most famously, it’s slap-bang in the middle of the so-called Auroral Oval, the band of the Earth (between latitudes 65º and 70º north) in which the northern lights hit hardest and brightest.

Two weekly flights between Tromsø and Rovaniemi that are operated by 68-seater ATR aircraft.

Moxy Hotels, the experiential hotel brand from Marriott Bonvoy, has opened Moxy Tromsø in the Arctic playground of Northern Norway.

Norway isn't short of incredible landscapes. This is the country of majestic lakes, lush meadows and snow-covered mountains. Yet one part of Norway continues to hold unique appeal – the wild Arctic north where the mainland fractures into an intricate coastline of twisting fjords and remote archipelagos.