Listen to the Story of Tromsø (Audioguide)

General information

This activity is conducted by AudioGuide NorwayStory.

All you want to know about Tromsø in 33 minutes (but you decide the pace yourself):
• Our polar heroes and science
• the sami people
• our brave mountaineers
• beautiful and well-preserved historic architechture built of wood
• our cozy and historic city centre filled with small cafées and landmarks

and more. Listen to the audiotracks whenever and from wherever you want – or take the walk on site in your own tempo; the map in the app shows you where to go.

Ready to explore? Click on the link to buy a ticket for Tromsø’s very best audio guide: Download the app

Immerse yourself in the fascinating life of Tromsø, past and present: The hub of the North for centuries, this charming and welcoming town blends historic landmarks, stunning beauty, and vibrant culture, and people of all nationalities coming together here to explore and safeguard the Arctic on behalf of the whole world.

Enjoy the entertaining, surprising and inspiring stories about the ”Paris of the North”, ”the Gateway to the Arctic”, our everyday life, and our existential philosophers.

In this high-quality production you’ll enjoy historic and contemporary photographs, and narrations written and read by professional Norwegian writers and actors, bringing Tromsø’s history, legends and cultural treasures to life in Norwegian and English.

Highlights:
• central Tromsø boasts one the largest collection of wonderful historical wooden buildings in Northern Europe, such as the northernmost Catholic Cathedral in the world (a neo-gothic marvel), and world-unique oriental-inspired little kiosks – one of them a bar along our route, where you can buy beer

• sami handcraft; you can stop and buy some along the way
• take an arctic selfie with a real polar bear! (allthough stuffed)
• learn the true ”snowhow” of our polar heroes, who crossed the south pole in the most daring dog-sled expedition in polar history more than a 100 years ago – in temperatures so cold that the liquor in their compasses froze to ice

Included:
• GPS-guided narration with high-quality professional voice-over in Norwegian and English
• Self-paced tour – start and pause whenever you like
• Starting from any location in Tromsø city centre, our self-paced walking tour gives you the opportunity to enjoy our welcoming town at your own speed. Listen to enchanting stories as you stroll through the city’s most famous landmarks and hidden gems

Not included:
• entrance fees to museums or attractions
• food, drinks, or personal guide services

General information:

Included: –
Please bring: smart phone
Number of participants: 1 – unless you use a loud speaker in the car/hotel room (the guide is in an app in your smart phone)
Level of difficulty: Easy
Departure time and place: Available 24/7/365, from anywhere in the world. You can also take the walk on-site: It starts by Scandic Ishavshotel, Fredrik Langes gate 2, TROMSØ
Duration: 33 minutes

Prices from

90 NOK per person

About AudioGuide NorwayStory

AudioGuide NorwayStory creates entertaining, cultural-historical audioguides of high quality that people can access whenever and wherever they want; tour sightseeing tours are self-guided and come via an app/SmartGuide and are therefore available 24/7/365. Think of having your own podcast about Tromsø City Centre, the Northern Lights, Life in Fjordgård, etc.!

Our credo is that our guides should give the user an entertaining, educational, and, not least, inspiring experience: Our goal is that your zest for life will have increased during the hike—nothing less! We do not use AI; everything is made, written, and recorded by humans.

With our background as professional scriptwriters and actors—who have performed critically acclaimed theatre productions around the world—we are passionate about maintaining very high quality in communication, language, and content.

We also spend a lot of time conducting thorough historical research and creating vivid stories that have both a human aspect and interesting factual content.

You can choose to walk the routes on-site or opt for remote playback from the hotel room, the car, your favorite chair in the living room, or anywhere you want.

Enjoy!

Our story:

AudioGuide NorwayStory is part of Johnsen & Johnsen Production, which was founded as a pure performing arts company with professional actors and playwrights. It has toured the world with critically acclaimed theatre productions of high quality. We have also created audiovisual art happenings in collaboration with two different museums in Tromsø since 2014, which have so far reached over 4,000 museum guests. One of them, an audiovisual exhibition about the author Cora Sandel, is still ongoing at Perspektivet Museum and will last until 2026.

Our play, "A Remarkable Person" (written by Pernille Dahl Johnsen), received brilliant 5-star reviews during the world's largest theatre festival in Edinburgh (2016) and at England's largest theatre festival in Brighton the following year. It was selected to represent Europe at the worldwide Women Playwrights International in Chile (2018).

In 2019, one of the UK's most important theatre publishers, Oberon Books, published the script for "A Remarkable Person" in The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary Norwegian Plays in London. The anthology is a collection of what the publisher considers to be the six "most interesting" plays in Norwegian contemporary drama, and Pernille's play is one of them.

Facilitation for the disabled:

We provide facilitation for the disabled in the sense that all guides can be played remotely—i.e., from home, from the car, or anywhere one chooses—and are therefore independent of the listener’s agility. The audio texts are also available in written form for the hearing impaired.

If you wish to experience the routes on-site, the location's own accessibility measures for the disabled will apply—but most of our guides take place on the street, where they should be easily accessible to everyone.

Family-friendly:

Our routes are currently only suitable for young people and adults.

Sustainability:

Since our products are digital, we don’t leave negative environmental footprints in the form of waste, the consumption of scarce resources, etc., and are therefore environmentally friendly.

With our background as professional scriptwriters and actors—who have performed critically acclaimed theatre productions around the world—we are passionate about maintaining very high quality in communication, language, and content.

We also spend a lot of time conducting thorough historical research and creating vivid stories that have both a human aspect and interesting factual content.

You can choose to walk the routes on-site or opt for remote playback from the hotel room, the car, your favorite chair in the living room, or anywhere you want.

Enjoy!

Our story:

AudioGuide NorwayStory is part of Johnsen & Johnsen Production, which was founded as a pure performing arts company with professional actors and playwrights. It has toured the world with critically acclaimed theatre productions of high quality. We have also created audiovisual art happenings in collaboration with two different museums in Tromsø since 2014, which have so far reached over 4,000 museum guests. One of them, an audiovisual exhibition about the author Cora Sandel, is still ongoing at Perspektivet Museum and will last until 2026.

Our play, "A Remarkable Person" (written by Pernille Dahl Johnsen), received brilliant 5-star reviews during the world's largest theatre festival in Edinburgh (2016) and at England's largest theatre festival in Brighton the following year. It was selected to represent Europe at the worldwide Women Playwrights International in Chile (2018).

In 2019, one of the UK's most important theatre publishers, Oberon Books, published the script for "A Remarkable Person" in The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary Norwegian Plays in London. The anthology is a collection of what the publisher considers to be the six "most interesting" plays in Norwegian contemporary drama, and Pernille's play is one of them.

Facilitation for the disabled:

We provide facilitation for the disabled in the sense that all guides can be played remotely—i.e., from home, from the car, or anywhere one chooses—and are therefore independent of the listener’s agility. The audio texts are also available in written form for the hearing impaired.

If you wish to experience the routes on-site, the location's own accessibility measures for the disabled will apply—but most of our guides take place on the street, where they should be easily accessible to everyone.

Family-friendly:

Our routes are currently only suitable for young people and adults.

Sustainability:

Since our products are digital, we don’t leave negative environmental footprints in the form of waste, the consumption of scarce resources, etc., and are therefore environmentally friendly.

AudioGuide NorwayStory (Johnsen & Johnsen produksjoner SA)
Web: https://store.voiceofnorway.no/collections/pcol_01HV636QJG3JP20CBSFVNV2YB9

Listen to the Story of Tromsø (Audioguide)

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