Visit Tromsø lists most of the  hotels, Apartments, camping sites and other accomodation info HERE. Please note that even though almost all the hotels are located in the city centre, you should always check the location before booking. The hotels in the city centre are all within walking distance from the start- and finish-area of Midnight Sun Marathon, Polar Night Halfmarathon and the reindeer racing and lassothrowing during Samí Week.

If you are travelling from outside Norway to Tromsø, you have to fly to Oslo and take a connecting flight to Tromsø. The flight time from Tromsø to Oslo is approximately 2 hours and there are several daily flights.

If you wish to travel by sea, the Coastal steamer Hurtigruten arrives in Tromsø daily, and travelling within the region you can board the express boats from Harstad and Finnsnes. There are also bus Connections from the surrounding cities, such as Narvik, Bardufoss and Alta. Se more info about travelling within Troms region at the regional traffic site, Tromskortet.

Visit Tromsø has info on all activities, attractions, accomodation, restaurants/cafes and shopping. Visit their homepage HERE. You can also download their app, Tromsø Official City App, so you can access all the information while you are on the go!

You can buy tickets for the reindeer race at the Arctic market at Stortorget (main square) the day before the race. We also sell tickets at the arena on race day, but we advise you to purchase you tickets in advance to avoid queuing. You can pay by card, cash or by VIPPS (Norwegian app).

Ticket prices: Adults: NOK 200,-// Children (until 16 years): free

These reindeer are trained for this purpose, and can reach a top speed up to 60km/hour. Often it is such a close race between the two reindeers racing against each other, that we have to the use finish photo who takes  2000 pictures per second to find out who the winner is! The sprint distance in reindeer racing is 201 meters, and the official world record of 14,96 seconds is held by Anders Nils K. Eira from Karasjok.

We publish reminders about the different events at Sami week throughout the week on our Facebook-page. There we also publish photos from the NC in lassoing and reindeer racing, the days after the event took place. Follow our Facebook-page to get the latest updates:)

Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of February we arrange a Samí market at the town square (Stortorget) in the middle of Tromsø city center.  Experience Sami Food, reindeermeat, and sami arts and Crafts based on natural materials- traditional duodji.  You can find woolen socks, mittens, traditional sami footwear, leather hats and so on.  In the lavvu the local Sami school sell homemade duodji Products, as well as cake and coffee.

Samí  week is open to everyone, and we try to create an offer for all agegroups. If you are curious about Samí culture and traditions, this is the perfect opportunity to learn more!