Arctic-Alpine Botanic Garden
Arktisk-alpin botanisk hage
One of the northernmost botanic gardens in the world. Free to enter, it collects poppies, saxifrages and blue Himalayan poppies from the Arctic and high-altitude regions.
The Arctic-Alpine Botanic Garden is on the University of Tromsø campus and is one of the northernmost botanic gardens in the world. Laid out as a rock garden, it grows about 2,500 plant species from the Arctic, high mountains and cold regions around the world. The most popular is the blue Himalayan poppy. In summer, under the midnight sun, the garden is open 24 hours a day and admission is free. It closes when snow covers the grounds. It is about a 15-minute bus ride from the city center and can be combined with a visit to the university museum on the same day.
Opening hours
Open all day approx. late May to October
Nearby sights
- Tromsø Bridge
- Skansen
- Polar Museum
- Perspektivet Museum
- Arctic Cathedral
- Northern Norway Art Museum
- Tromsø Cathedral
- Northern Lights Chase, Tromsø