Our first day in town and we decided to take the cable car up for a grand view of the city. The Fjellheisen is located across the inlet from the main area of Tromso. A trip across the Tromso Bridge by bus was our route. The bridge was opened in 1960 and at 3399 feet, was the longest bridge in Northern Europe at the time.
Note the polar bear and seal on the gondola car. That is the symbol of the shipping company which build the Fjellheisen in 1961.
It takes only 4 minutes for the ride up. At the top, you are 1381 feet above sea level. I would guess the base of the Fjellheisen was between 100 and 200 feet above the sea.
Fjords in the distance. Lots of snow and ice but no sun. The sun was last seen in Tromso on Nov 26 at noon. It wouldn't make another appearance until Jan 13. Today, we have civil twilight from 8:43am-2:20pm but we found that if you wished to do things in light, 10:30-1:30 was the time to get it done. Car headlights are on all the time and street lights are on all the time.
Tromso is on the other side of the inlet. Along the shore, roughly mid photo is where the Clarion Edge Hotel is located; our home for 6 days.
At 2pm in the afternoon, the Artic Cathedral, or Ishavskatedralen.is lit up. It was built in 1965 and is right at the Tromso Bridge.
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