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Whale Watching
Boat trips into the fjords in early winter, when orcas and humpbacks follow the herring close to shore.
- Open
- From about November to January
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- A day
- Address
- Tromsø harborDirections
- Getting There
- Boats leave from the harbor in the center.
Why Go
Huge schools of herring winter in the fjords north of Tromsø, and orcas and humpback whales come to feed on them. Day trips leave from the city by boat, or by road to harbors farther north where the whales gather.
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