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The City of Tromsø, at a latitude of nearly 70 degrees north, is with its 68 000 inhabitants and 10 000 students the biggest city in the North of Norway. The city has the world’s northernmost university, brewery and cathedral and the city lives on education, research, administration, fishing exports and satellite technology.
The city lies a two-hour flight from Oslo and is known for its Midnight Sun, the Northern Lights, its good atmosphere with an active cultural life all year round. The city is also called the Gateway to the Arctic, this it due to its history when the city became the centre for Polar sea catches in the Arctic region, while in the early 1900s the city was the starting point for a host of expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Despite this name the city has a warm climate, due to is location near the Gulf Stream.
With its 68 000 inhabitants, including 10 000 university students, Tromsø has all the amenities of “a small large city”. Chess players around the world will discover a friendly and open-minded population with hotels of excellent international standard, an attractive restaurant scene and a diversity of cultural activities.
Kasparov is right that Norway used to be no big power in the chess world. But we improved steadily during the 20th century, and we think we still do. During the last 30 years we have hosted quite a few international chess events also on a high level, and we got a few very strong players.
Tromsø is the largest city in the Nordic countries north of the Arctic Circle and is home to the world’s northernmost university, brewery and cathedral. The city thrives on education, research, administration, fishing exports and satellite technology.
Alt innhold er beskyttet av opphavsretten,
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