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The world's most sublime places, No. 5: An Arctic town on an island

The world's most sublime places, No. 5: An Arctic town on an island

We're heading way, way north to Tromsø in Norway

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It’s the summer solstice: a time of the white nights and the midnight sun in the far north.

My sublime place this week is the only city in this top 10: Tromsø in northern Norway. It’s an obscure provincial city I’ve visited three times, twice in winter, once in summer. It’s not conventionally sublime. You’ll seek in vain for award-winning architecture, a…

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