Fjellheisen Tromsø, Northern Norway, Norway

5kris1089 5:00 PM May 27, 2020

best place for: Tromsø at night, Aurora, stunning view over Tromsø, ....
I went up fjellheisen twice during my stay in Tromsø in Nov '19. At the beginning of Nov '19 Tromsø got surprised by an unusual amount of snow for that time of the year. Plus polar night was about to begin on the following days, the sun was already hidden behind the mountains during the days. This created a wonderful atmosphere: snowcovered Tromsø and scenery plus the change of lights from day to night. The first time I went up there around noon and spend a few hours walking around and sinking in the snow until it got "night" at 4 p.m. In the night Tromsø is even more beautiful. You should definitely come here by night. The second visit was not planned in advance. Me and some other travellers that I met during a whale safari tour were sitting in a bus retourning from Skjervøy. There were no clouds the whole day, so when checking the nothern lights forecasts they showed some activity, so we decided to go up fjellheisen. When we left the cable car on top of the mountain at 7 p.m. Aurora showed up right away. And of course fjellheisen is THE hotspot for northern lights in Tromsø. Absolutely amazing. Unlike many other reviewers I do not think fjellheisen is expensive at all. Yes, Norway is an expensive country, but fjellheisen is not much more expensive than many cable cars in Germany (approx. 23 € up and down). Some cable cars in tourist hotspots as Garmisch-Partenkirchen or Oberstdorf are even more expensive. The café on top is very 'koselig'. On clear nights when it gets freezing outside you can get some warmth inside and a very sweet and tasty gløgg. If you are lucky and get a place at the windows you can enjoy the fabulous view over Tromsø. The prices are expensive (1 cup of hot chocolate and 1 waffle 10 €), but then again: it's Norway and not specifically that place. One more tipp: If you have the time do not take the bus/car from the city center to the cable car station, but have a nice walk (appr. 40 minutes) over Tromsø bridge and along Ishavskatedralen.

5Green tea 5:00 PM Mar 23, 2022

Great view, good cafe at the top
This cable car is the way to see Tromso. Take the 26 bus from outside Pepe’s Pizza in central Tromso, and it takes 15 mins to get there. Be careful to buy your return bus ticket from the bus stop in Tromso as there’s no ticket machine on the cable car end and the bus only accepts cash. I think you can buy tickets on an app too. Anyway; the cable car is every 30 mins, and takes 5 mins to go to the top, where there’s an outside viewing platform and an inside cafe which serves cakes and coffee at reasonable prices. We spent an hour there and then went home as it was super windy and cold on our visit, the view was incredible. A nice 2hr excursion.