Essential Tromso Historical City Walk

Overview

Available languages

German

English

2 hours 30 minutes

Mobile ticket

An experienced guide introduces you to the city of Tromsø and its century long history full of stories and anecdotes. You will encounter Tromsø's most important landmarks, including several northern superlatives and charming wooden houses from the city's time as central trade hub in the North. The tour also includes a guided tour at Tromsø's unique Polar Museum.

All regular tours on Wednesdays and Saturdays are held in English.

On the following dates, special departures in German are available at 10:30am:

20.11.2025

24.02.2026

10.03.2026

14.03.2026

20.03.2026

30.03.2026

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Meet your guide at the tourist information office. The default language of the tour is English.

The total rate for this tour includes a commission to TripAdvisor/Viator for their services.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Professional guide

All taxes, fees and handling charges

Gratuities

What To Expect

The Polar Museum

The Polar Museum is closed for renovations for the rest of 2018, and well be back as part of this tour in 2019. In the meantime we will visit one of two other sites.

1 hour • Admission Included

Tromso Budget Tours

At Tromsø Budget Tours, we have the ambition to deliver high-quality products to competitive prices. We are a new company, aiming to offer both new concepts off the beaten path, as well as improved variants of classic tours at affordable prices for the budget-conscious traveller. Our guides are certified, resident tour guides, who live and work in Tromsø all year.

Admission Not Applicable

Options

Tour in German

Historical City Walk

Tromsø city walk

Stadtwanderung auf Deutsch

Stadtwanderung

German

Walking tour

Essential Tromso Historical City Walk

City walk in German

Historical City Walk 9.12.

Reviews

4.52

115 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Knowledgeable enjoyable experience
Wander64197062791,
Dec 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
Knowledgeable walk around snowy Tromso, beautiful city, thank you to our guide. Very enjoyable. Would definitely recommend.
Tromso in the rain 💕
Joy B,
Oct 18, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Wonderful and very informative walking tour. Full of historical facts but delivered in an interesting and fun way. Not dry and stuffy at all. Fully recommend (especially in a rainy day)!
Well worth it !
patcranshaw,
Oct 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Bernard was awesome. Weather was raining and cold but he was a trooper. We learned so much. The museum is well worth it ! And grab a reindeer hotdog
Tromso in the rain
Sherelle H,
Oct 15, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
This tour was entertaining, informative and a great introduction to Tromso. This was despite the constant rain which was unfortunate but didn't dampen the experience. Highly recommended
Excellent walking tout of Central Tromsø
chrisdL8084GD,
Oct 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Pretty comprehensive tour of Central Tromsø with lots of interesting facts and suggestions of other places to visit. Included a tour of the Polar Museum, which was also very useful as it gave us a lot of information without having to read everything. Our guide was also very humorous, and we e ded up in a pub with a recommendation of what beer to try. The tour was also quite good value, we thought, and being out of season, only four people on the tour. Max group size is 15.
Recommended Tour
Sally B,
Sep 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Karl was a great guide. We learned so much about Tromso and it's history. He had a wonderful sense of humor and made it very easy to ask our many questions
Polar Bears and History!
David K,
Jul 28, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Great tour that was inexpensive! We had a small group of 7ish people so we were able to ask lots of questions. The Tour guide was very knowledgeable, talked about the history of Tromso, took us off the "tourist path" to show us what the residents of the town do, and even the different languages in Norway. The tour included admission to the must see Polar Museum! While there we were able to touch actual Polar Bears, walruses, and many more Norwegian taxidermies. Definitely a must see while in Tromso!
Good, funny & informative!
27ezrae,
Jun 28, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Really great historical tour - Arild Gregor was our tour guide, and he was friendly and told us lots of interesting facts and added some humour to the tour too! It was a gentle walk around the city at the start and end (not too overcrowded at all, on a Saturday in June!), and the bulk of it was in the Polar Museum. I recommend bringing water as the Polar Museum was very warm. I went as a solo traveller and it was completely fine :)
Excellent tour with...
Ryan T,
Jun 7, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Excellent tour with knowledgeable guide. Arctic museum was interesting. Easy to find meeting point coming off a coastal cruise boat.
It’s well worth the...
MaryVeronica D,
Jun 2, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
It’s well worth the money. A good choice when you have limited time. The guide was very knowledgeable about Tromsø