Travel and accommodation

Travelling to Tromsø

Tromsø has an international airport, Langnes, located just 3 km from the city centre. The recently expanded airport offers direct flights to many European cities, as well as frequent connections from major cities in Norway. Tromsø can also be reached by bus or car. There is no train station in Tromsø.

Accommodation

STAYING IN A HOTEL

We plan to book a set of rooms at a hotel located in the city center for the dates of the conference at a reduced rate. The booking will be administered by our partner agency Berg-Hansen. More information on this is coming.
Most hotels in Tromsø are located in the Tromsø city center. This area is also home to most restaurants, cafés, museums, souvenir shops, and grocery stores, and it offers scenic views of the mountains and the large bridge across the Tromsø Sound.
From the city center, you can take a bus to the university campus (called Breivika), where the conference venue is located. There are plenty of buses and several routes that go from the center to the campus (get off at the stop "UiT"). The bus ride takes approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Detailed information about buses can be found below.

Here is a list of nice hotels in the Tromsø city center:

Closer to the conference venue, there are two additional accommodation options: the university guesthouse (see below) and the Penguin Hotel, which is the Patient Hotel primarily intended for hospital patients and their relatives, who travel to Tromsø from other parts of Northern Norway. This hotel is part of the University Hospital of North Norway. The Penguin Hotel is located one bus stop away from the campus and is also within walking distance from the conference venue (approximately a 10-minute walk). The price per room here is not lower than the hotels in the city center. There are no grocery stores in the vicinity. If you choose to stay at this hotel, please note that you will encounter many patients, and the hotel entrance is located within the hospital. Since the purpose of the hotel is to accommodate hospital patients, we do not recommend staying there.

STAYING AT UNIVERSITY GUESTHOUSE ON CAMPUS

There is a university guesthouse located right on campus, just a 5-minute walk from the conference venue. We will pre-book the 19 available rooms. Rooms will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. We will accept requests after the evaluation of abstracts is completed.

In the guesthouse (Breiviklia 13, Tromsø), each room accommodates one person, but the bathroom and kitchen are shared with the neighboring room. The standard is relatively simple (see the pictures in a file attached at the bottom of this page). There is no breakfast served, but the guests can prepare their own breakfast. However, the accommodation is comfortable enough, and many renowned scholars have stayed there over the years. Otherwise, the guesthouse primarily accommodates university guests, short-term visiting researchers, and PhD students.

The cost is 400 NOK per night, but one can book a room ONLY for the entire week at a total cost of 2,800 NOK (Norwegian kroner).

Additional Information:

Dublett: Two rooms share bathroom and kitchen facilities.
The kitchen is equipped with basic kitchenware.
Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms.
Clean linen and towels are provided upon arrival.

Getting from the airport to the city center

The Tromsø airport Langnes is located 3 km from downtown (a 10-minute drive by bus or car). To get to the city center, you can take the Airport Express bus, a city bus, or a taxi.

Taxi

The taxi stand is located just outside the airport terminal.
The taxi fare from the airport to the city center during daytime on weekdays is 325 NOK before 6:00 PM. Prices are higher in the evenings, at night, and on weekends: after 6:00 PM the fare is around 400 NOK, and after the midnight night it costs approximately 450 NOK (for a regular size taxi, according to information from Tromsø Taxi as of October 2026).
For advance booking, you can contact:

Tromsø Taxi:

+47 03011 (if you call from Norway)
+47 776 03 000 (if you call from outside Norway)

Din Taxi:

+47 02045

Airport Express

The airport bus runs between the airport and Tromsø city center, with the journey taking approximately 15 minutes. There are several stops and boarding points throughout the city.
The ticket costs 125 NOK (Norwegian kroner) one way or 200 NOK for a round trip.
Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.bussring.no/bussring-airport-express/

City bus

You can take one of the following busses:

Bus 26 (Tromsdalen via the city center) stops at Wi-To.
Bus 40 (Tromsø Museum via the city center) stops at Bankgata.
Bus 24 (Mortensnes via Giæverbukta) stops at Wi-To.
Bus 42 (Stakkevollan via the city center) stops at Killengreens gate.

There are several options for purchasing a bus ticket:

Mobile App: The easiest way is to buy a bus ticket using the "Svipper" app. Download Svipper for Android or iPhone. A single bus ticket in Tromsø costs 50 NOK, but if you travel outside rush hours, you can get it for 30 NOK (this applies to weekdays from 9:00 AM–2:00 PM and 5:00 PM–1:00 AM). You need a ticket for one zone (Tromsø). A single-zone ticket is valid for 60 minutes from the time you activate it. (We will update this information closer to the event)
Ticket Machines: You can also buy tickets from ticket machines. There is a ticket machine at the bus stop near the airport, where you can pay with a bank card.
Onboard Purchase: Tickets can also be purchased directly on the bus, but note that only cash (NOK) is accepted. Bus drivers in Tromsø do not accept bank cards. Bus drivers cannot provide change, so you must have the exact fare of 50 NOK in cash.

For more information, read here.

Getting from the city center to the university

UiT The Arctic University of Norway is the only university in Tromsø. To get to its campus (Breivika) you can take one of the following busses:

Bus 20 (Stakevollan via UNN) from the bus stop "Fredrik Langes gate 1" (near the Kiwi grocery store) to the stop "UiT/Planetarium" or "UiT"
Bus 34 (Skattøra via UiT – UNN) from the bus stop "Smørtorget" to the stop "UiT/Planetarium" or "UiT"