Tromsø; Saturday, 24 May, 2014

My alarm woke me at an awful hour for a Saturday morning and so bleary eyed I checked out of the hotel, headed over to the airport, checked in for the flight and then sought out some sustenance to get me through at least until Oslo.

An uneventful flight later we landed into a very humid and overcast Oslo, hotter and certainly more muggy that London had been. Having collected my bags and cleared customs I headed up to the departures level and just 15 minutes after picking my bag up from the baggage belt I was sending it on it’s way again back into the baggage system, this time with a Tromsø label and into the care of SAS.

Back through security for the second time, and for the second time in four hours into the holding pattern of waiting in the departures lounge, only slightly livened up by the gate being moved 10 minutes before departure.

An uneventful second flight of the day deposited me north of the Arctic Circle in Tromsø from where I headed into town and over to the hotel.

After checking in I went for a wander around town before heading back for the dinner that was included in the room rate.

Dinner completed I headed out for long walk over the Fjord to the mainland and the cable car up the city’s mountain.

Despite the overcast, and at time sleety weather, the views were pretty stunning and I took quite a few photos before heading back down in the cable car, and then cheating and catching the bus back into town and to my hotel bed.