Tromso is an idyllic spot for those seeking the best views of the northern lights. Booking.com’s predictions for 2025 travel indicate that nocturnal tourism to places like Tromso may be on the rise.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. It was 10 years ago this month that English actor Joanna Lumley gave one of her hammier performances — and, in the ...

If you want to see the northern lights, there are a few strict conditions to be met: the sky must be pitch dark and cloudless, and there should be enough solar activity. So said Hassan, our guide in ...

(ATR) It's already known as the "Gateway to the Arctic," and the "Paris of the North". Let’s not forget it’s also the site of the northernmost Burger King, symphony orchestra and university in the ...

The nation’s northern region has led the scientific quest to understand the aurora borealis. This summer, a 10,000-antenna ...

Tromso may be remote – located on a small island 344 kilometres (207 miles) north of the Arctic Circle – but during the 19th century, visitors called it the Paris of the North. Finely dressed ...

A Times reporter and a photojournalist traveled above the Arctic Circle to retrace the footsteps of scientists who studied auroras over a century ago.

The small Arctic town of Bodo has become accustomed to hosting football teams from around Europe. Home to four-time Eliteserien champions Bodo/Glimt, who in 2025 became the first Norwegian team to ...

It's a thrill arriving in Tromso, for this is call-of-the-wild country. The frontier town 350 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle is a springboard to the snowy north's polar darkness, to the ...