Arctic Cathedral
Eleven concrete triangles in a row, and a seventy-five-foot stained glass window at the end.
Duration
30 min – 1 hr
Best time
An evening concert
Open
Every day
Entry price
To confirm
The Tromsdalen church, known as the Arctic Cathedral though it is not a cathedral, was completed in 1965. Its structure is eleven triangular concrete beams in sequence, decreasing in size, whose form suggests an iceberg as much as a traditional fish-drying rack.
The eastern wall was closed in 1972 with a twenty-three-metre stained-glass window, the largest in northern Europe, showing the return of Christ. In summer, midnight sun concerts are held late in the evening, and the acoustics of the triangular volume are the reason to come.
Getting there
In Tromsdalen, at the foot of the bridge, twenty minutes on foot from the centre. Bus 20, 24 or 26 from the town centre.
What the price covers
paid entry outside services; the midnight concerts are a separate ticket
Rules on site
The church closes to visitors during services and rehearsals. The window only truly reads from inside, with morning light behind it.