On a lighter note, I also take a walk over the bridge from Tromsø to the other side of the fjord. After about an hour of trudging through the snow, I reach the cable car station and take the ride up to the top of the mountain. Through wind and blizzardy snow, I manage to take a few fog-shrouded photos before scurrying into the building to grab a cup of hot chocolate.
On the way back to town, I stop in at the Arctic Cathedral (which is actually not a cathedral but a parish church). Its nickname in Norwegian, Ishavskatedralen, means arctic sea cathedral.
Note the bridge and the city of Tromsø in the background in the photo below: 
Built in 1965, it has an impressively large and beautiful stained glass window.
Returning back by the bridge, I catch a photo of the afternoon light.
Although north of the Arctic Circle, Tromsø enjoys relatively warm weather compared to other places on the same latitude due to warming from the Gulf Stream. This means that trees can grow. And that many of the buildings are made of wood. The colourful old buildings stand out up in the otherwise white cityscape.
Tromsø Cathedral was built in 1861 and is Norway’s only wooden Protestant cathedral.
