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Tromsø. Photo: Mark Ledingham, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Tromsø

Kitesurf spot · Norway

Is it worth the trip?

0Poor out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Every day scores the same, usually

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The spot in four facts

  • Faces SEopen to the SE
  • Best wind: SW or NEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NWblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual kitesurf conditions at Tromsø, each day of your trip
DayWindAir
Mon 2to 8usuallySE 4 kn2°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

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Photos of Tromsø

Hansjordnesbukta Tromsø
Hansjordnesbukta. Photo: Harald Groven, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About

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About Tromsø

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SE, so wind from the NW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SE. Wind from the SE blows onshore, wind from the NW blows out to sea, and wind from the SW or NE runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 15). The town to stay in is Tromsø. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,190–US$2,230 each

about US$1,190–US$2,230 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to TOS, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$442–US$918
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$342–US$569
Food7 days eating outabout US$382–US$710
Totalabout US$1,190–US$2,230

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Tromsø

Closest

Tromsø

1 min by car · 52 places to stay

about US$127/nightcountry average

See 52 places to stay in Tromsø · Booking.com

About Tromsø its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$127 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 18h 25m

About 18h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → TOS, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 25 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

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