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9 www.silverlivingmagazine.co.uk BOOKING HOTLINE: 0161 287 5566 Email: tours@yelloway.co.uk • Web: www.yelloway.co.uk yellowaytv yellowaycoaches @yellowayprivatehire @yelloway Picking up from: BURY, HEYWOOD, HEYWOOD SUMMIT, ROCHDALE and MIDDLETON Whether it be Llandudno, Whitby, Chester or a Flower Show, your day trip is in safe hands. 2020 excursions list now available! Book online to save £1 per person. RELEASE your adventurous side with the trip of a lifetime to the Arctic wonderland of Tromso. At 69 degrees north, you’ll experience a break which will stay vividly in your memory forever. This is the most spectacular holiday you’ll ever take. It’s fair to say you will never have been to a city like Tromso. And for many, nothing can prepare you for the magnificent sight as you approach the airport. The cool stillness of the icy Arctic waters backed by mountains of white and there, lying in the bay, a colourful, shimmering city, lying flat like a saucer (no neon-lit skyscrapers here). All around are ice mountains, fjords and tiny outcrops of snowy white islands puncturing the surface of the water. It literally takes your breath away. Welcome to your Arctic getaway. Tromso is known as the capital of the Arctic. The city centre is the largest wooden city north of Trondheim. The oldest of the houses here dates back to 1789. It is the last outpost of northern Norway before with the vast icy Arctic Ocean beyond the Barents Sea. A truly exciting and life- affirming place to take a holiday. You feel like you’re staying at the edge of the world. But don’t think Tromso lacks any modern facilities or convenience which other European cities have. Tromso, for all its historical and strategic importance, is a vibrant, go-ahead place. Sitting on its own vast island – called At the edge of the world Tromsoya - in the mouth of one of Norway’s great fjords, this is a city where you’ll not want for anything – except maybe an extra layer of clothing. But hey, just pack another sweater. What did you expect? Hours on the beach? Of course, you’ll get a lovely tan. The Arctic sun is as bright as the Med one and the days are long in the summer. The Midnight Sun occurs from May until late July. The flipside is that during the winter northern Norway is in a state of perpetual night from mid November to mid-January. This is known as the Polar Night season and if you are not a resident, it can be hard to get used to. Because of its northern location, Tromso is one of the best places from which to view the famous Aurora Borealis – or Northern Lights as they are known. This spectacular show with nature’s ballet of huge coloured ribbons of light dancing across the sky is one of the most awesome sights. The show starts soon after 6pm when Tromso passes into what is known as the Aurora Zone and it lasts until around midnight when it leaves. As there is no night between April and August, there are no lights so if you want to catch them you have to go mid-August onwards.