British Airways launches flights to Tromsø – Avios seats bookable now

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• SamG says:

  23 May23 May 11:24

  should work if you put in TOS and proceed too

• can2 says:

  23 May23 May 11:33

  December in northern norway?

  • NorthernLass says:

    23 May23 May 11:36

    You’ll probably need your big coat.

    • Navara says:

      23 May23 May 16:54

      Are you sure you’re a Northern Lass

  • Geoff says:

    23 May23 May 18:46

    It’s fine. Two/three jumpers, a big coat and a hat and you won’t feel cold at all

  • ThinkSquare says:

    24 May24 May 07:33

    We went in February and it was warmer than at home. Prepare yourself for very short days though

    • Odd says:

      24 May24 May 09:04

      Lived there for five years, and can attest the winter is very mild for its lattitude, given the gulf stream effect, but after the end of November, there is no sunlight , and just an hour or two of ‘twilight’ type light around noon.

• sayling says:

  23 May23 May 11:48

  “We’ve optimised the schedule for three- and four-night trips, which we know are perfect for a destination like this.”

  And just outside the double TP BAH minimum requirements… 🙄

  • PeteM says:

    23 May23 May 12:27

    You can stay for a week 🤩

    • NorthernLass says:

      23 May23 May 12:46

      Or add a domestic connection plus extra hotel night. But we don’t know whether cash prices will make this even a desirable option.

      • MT says:

        23 May23 May 18:31

        I had never thought if this, is it actually allowed! Can you for example do the full 5 nights hotel or car hire in the UK and then fly the international leg? If so it could work very well for me!

        • Rob says:

          23 May23 May 20:09

          No, rules now say the car / hotel has to be inbetween the flights.

        • TGLoyalty says:

          23 May23 May 21:29

          Thought it had to be between your first and last flight. So even a rental between LHR and domestic connection counted.

  • Lady London says:

    23 May23 May 21:01

    I’d Open Jaw and come back from somewhere else. Or start somewhere else and come back from here.

  • L Allen says:

    24 May24 May 08:30

    No reason why you can’t fly GLA-LCY, stay in London for 2 nights then do LHR-TOS-LHR for 3/4 nights all on the same holiday booking.

• Anna says:

  23 May23 May 12:54

  I tend to avoid cooler climes, and much prefer Mediterranean destinations, as an avid naturist, Norway is a bit chilly.

  • AndyGWP says:

    23 May23 May 13:22

    Agreed – there’s no way I’d want to be naked in Norway in December!

    • Colin MacKinnon says:

      23 May23 May 13:52

      Perhaps a sauna?

      • NorthernLass says:

        23 May23 May 16:38

        I’ve read they have saunas and then you run outside in the snow and hit yourself with birch twigs or something for the circulation 🤷‍♀️😂.
        I’m far too inhibited for any of it though.

        • Colin MacKinnon says:

          23 May23 May 18:08

          Might be fun to watch if it’s too cloudy for the Northern Lights!

• Danny says:

  23 May23 May 13:13

  Iberia will also launch Madrid to Tromsø. Might get 140TPs in business?

• conspicuous-capybara says:

  23 May23 May 13:35

  I’m always glad to see BA expand their Norwegian network, but surprised that Tromsø is ahead of Bergen and Stavanger (which they flew to for a number of years) in the pecking order.

  HFP readers who haven’t been to coastal Northern Norway before might be surprised at how (relatively) mild Tromsø is, largely thanks to the Gulf stream. The average high/low temperatures in December are 1c/-4c respectively – certainly nothing as cold as interior northern Nordic tourist destinations like Lapland, where it’s -7/-14c and can often go down to below -20c, whereas Tromsø almost never see the mercury stoop below -10c.

  • Thaliasilje says:

    23 May23 May 15:21

    You forget the wind which makes being outside a very unpleasant experience.

  • Peter says:

    23 May23 May 21:19

    Never got above -15C when I was there in early March. Watching the northern lights outside of the town it was down to -27 and -20 when skiing during the day.

    • Odd says:

      24 May24 May 09:09

      The mildness extends to the wind, unless you happen to be there during a storm, there is no drastic difference in the effect of wind, given that Tromso is an island separated from the open sea by many other islands. I would say during the winter temperatures are often around -10 to 0, while in Lapland it is usually 30 degrees colder. The general rule of thumb is that as you drive away from the coast, the temperature drops by a degree for every 10 km you drive, and the closest town in Finland is a bit over 300km away.

• Davedent says:

  23 May23 May 15:27

  Spent one Christmas / New Year there to be 100% I saw AB – never really got light averaged -20c. Not sure I will ever go back.

  • Chrisasaurus says:

    23 May23 May 20:54

    You did see the the aurora though?

    • Odd says:

      24 May24 May 09:12

      December is not a good time to go for the Aurora. Yes, since there is less sunlight you get more time to see it, but you are just as well off going in October or March when you can also avoid the polar night. Most tourist companies will still go ‘aurora hunting’ in the evenings anyway, so it doesnt matter that it’s pitch black at 2pm.

    • Davedent says:

      24 May24 May 14:24

      Several times – snowmobiling was the best thing tho.

• Tom says:

  23 May23 May 23:41

  Exciting new destination. Booked for Feb half term. Win!

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