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Polar Museum
The story of Arctic trappers and the great polar explorers, in an old harbor warehouse.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Søndre Tollbodgate 11B, 9008 TromsøDirections
- Getting There
- On the harbor in the center.
Why Go
Tromsø was the starting point for Arctic hunting and expeditions, and the museum tells of the trappers who wintered on Svalbard and of Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen, who set out from here.
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