Personalized Star Map of Tromsø
69.6492°N, 18.9553°E
Capital of Arctic Norway, Tromsø is the city of the northern lights, where stars dance with veils of green and violet light. Beneath the polar night, Tromsø's sky offers a spectacle no other European city can match — a celestial theatre beyond the Arctic Circle.
Famous Landmarks
Arctic Cathedral
69.6492°N, 18.9553°E
The Arctic Cathedral (Ishavskatedralen), completed in 1965, is a masterpiece of modern Norwegian architecture whose triangular silhouette evokes an iceberg or the folds of a Sami tent. Its immense 23-metre stained-glass window, designed by Victor Sparre, represents the return of light after the polar night. Illuminated at night, it has become Tromsø's symbol, visible from across the strait.
Polaria
69.6492°N, 18.9553°E
Polaria is an Arctic experience centre and aquarium located on the waterfront in Tromsø, opened in 1998. Its original architecture of tilting concrete blocks evokes falling dominoes pushed by the Arctic wind. It houses a panoramic cinema, exhibitions on Arctic climate change, and a pool where bearded seals live, which visitors can observe up close.
Tromsø Cable Car
69.6492°N, 18.9553°E
The Tromsø Cable Car (Fjellheisen) carries visitors from sea level to the summit of Storsteinen at 421 metres in four minutes. The panorama from the viewing terrace is one of Northern Europe's most breathtaking, embracing the island city of Tromsø, the strait, the surrounding mountains, and, on clear days, distant fjords. In winter, it is one of the best spots to admire the northern lights above the city.
Why gift a star map of Tromsø?
Gifting a star map of Tromsø means offering a fragment of the Arctic, a piece of that unique sky where the northern lights come to dance among the stars. Whether it was a proposal beneath the Northern Lights or a contemplative moment atop Storsteinen, this map captures a sky only the Far North can reveal. A gift as extraordinary as this city perched beyond the 69th parallel, guardian of the polar nights.
The sky of Tromsø
Tromsø, at 69° north latitude, is one of the world's best destinations for observing the northern lights, from September to March. The polar night (Mørketid), from late November to mid-January, plunges the city into continuous darkness that reveals a sky of unmatched depth. The planetarium and Arctic observatory at the University of Tromsø (UiT) are world-renowned research centres for auroral phenomena.