We are on a 16-Day Land of the Midnight Sun & Summer Solstice cruise on the Caribbean Princess. One of our ports of call was Tromso, Norway.
Just a short walk from the Breivika Cruise Port in Tromso, Norway is the beautiful Tomso Arctic-Alpine Botanical Garden. In our opinion it’s worth the visit. We were pleasantly surprised at the size and amount of beautiful flowers that grow in this northern climate.
The following information was provided on their website:
In the garden you will find thousands of colourful plants from polar regions and mountains all over the world - from the Roof of the World to the northernmost lands towards the North Pole.
The plants are grown in rock crevices and boulders that have a natural cover of lichen and moss. The garden consists of 25 themed collections. Visiting international experts are particularly impressed by the garden's collections of saxifrages, gentians and primroses. The geographical exhibitions on the Arctic, the Himalayas and southernmost South America also attract great acclaim.
Local and international guests express great joy and amazement that there is such a beautiful and contrasting splendour of flora in arctic and alpine regions. In addition, the garden has a special collection of plants from old northern Norwegian gardens. Many of the species you see in the garden are not found in other botanical or private gardens.
For more information on what to see visit the Tromso’s official website for tourism and travel information: www.visittromso.no