This is the world's northernmost botanic garden, opened in 1994 and run by the Tromsø University Museum. It sits on the university campus in the northern part of Tromsøya.
The garden has 25 themed collections with plants from the Arctic, the Himalayas, Patagonia, and other cold-climate regions around the world. The Svalbard collection contains one of Europe's rarest species, Ranunculus wilanderi, known from only a single location in the wild. During the midnight sun period, the plants get over 200 hours of sunshine per month, which partly compensates for the short growing season.
The best time to visit is June through September, when most plants are in bloom. The garden has no gate, no entrance fee, and is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Even in winter you can walk through it, though there will not be much to see.
The garden has 25 themed collections with plants from the Arctic, the Himalayas, Patagonia, and other cold-climate regions around the world. The Svalbard collection contains one of Europe's rarest species, Ranunculus wilanderi, known from only a single location in the wild. During the midnight sun period, the plants get over 200 hours of sunshine per month, which partly compensates for the short growing season.
The best time to visit is June through September, when most plants are in bloom. The garden has no gate, no entrance fee, and is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Even in winter you can walk through it, though there will not be much to see.
