Tromsø; Friday, 03 June, 2022

After the pit stop in Buktamoen we continued on north, mostly stopping to drop people off.

Less than an hour later and we turned a bend and the Balsfjord came into view. This fjord comes off of the Tromsøysundet strait just south of Tromsø, so this was the first indication that we were onto the final leg of the journey, as we’d follow this fjord most of the way on into Tromsø (albeit turning off to head inland for one part to cut of a particularly big peninsular).

The very final part of the journey is the always impressive ride up over the Tromsø Bridge and down into the centre of town. It had only been 4 years since we were last in Tromsø, but in that time the city has grown quite considerably with lots of new tall buildings going up. They’ve also built an actual integrated transport terminal for the buses, boats and Hurtigruten, to replace the asphalt car park that they’d previously used.

After grabbing luggage we walked the short distance to our hotel to checkin.

The hotel rate included a free light evening meal so we partook in that before heading out into town for a gentle wander and a pint in a very nice pub overlooking the harbour before heading back to the hotel and turning in for the night.