Today we are in Tromsø, capital city of the Arctic. On board the ship we have been learning how to pronounce the Norwegian letters with the little hats, circles, etc. The letter ø in Tromsø is surprisingly pronounced 'ugh', as in something very unpleasant, so you are meant to say Troms-ugh.
It sounds totally fine when the onboard crew say it, but totally wrong and taking the mickey when I try.
Around 75,000 people live here and so is very large compared to most other places that we have visited. They have some interesting architecture too and this is the aquarium. Strangely, the statue is a polar bear and not fish related at all.
The building looks like a stack of giant concrete blocks that are falling over, but it's supposed to be very good inside.
The architecture matches the beautiful Arctic cathedral on the other side of the river. We have been there on a previous trip, but this time Daz only got a very poor photo of it as we were leaving.
No, those aren't bars on our window, we were sailing under a bridge as it passed out of sight.
Moving on, we walked uphill to a lovely lake, although this time there were no ice skaters as it was completely covered in snow.
This was the walk up through residential streets, and the snowman was already sitting on the lake when we reached it.
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