Norway Wildlife and Nature Travel Guide
Norway
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Wildlife and Nature
Wildlife is plentiful throughout Norway, with a huge variety of species populating the country’s diverse terrains.
Northern Norway is the place to be for whale watching. The season runs from January to May, with temperatures as low as -7C in January, and as high as 12C in May. Top destinations for viewing sperm, minke, and humpback whales, among other species; include the Tromso and Evenes municipalities.
Bird watchers should travel south of Tromso to the remote Lofoten Islands - one of Europe’s great bird-watching retreats. Infamous for its puffin populations, over 1.5 million seabirds nest here, including sea eagles, Arctic terns and guillemots.
If you’re on the lookout for polar bears, head 80° north to the Svalbard archipelago. From Norway’s most northerly town, Longyearbyen, travel to the island of Spitsbergen where reindeer and walruses live alongside Arctic foxes and polar bears.
