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Polaria

Hjarmar Johansens gata, Tromso, Norway
77-75-01-00
Ranked #6 of 10 attractions in Tromso
4.0 of 5 stars 108 Reviews
Type: Science Museums
Activities: Nightlife, City walk sightseeing
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Isle of Sheppey, United Kingdom
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5 reviews 5 reviews
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 May 2012 NEW

The seals look very happy playing with the keepers. They are trying to find out how inteligint they are. Within walking distance of our hotel

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Ludhiana, India
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3 reviews 3 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2012

The place is great.The video shown on Svalbard was amazing ,really get you inside Arctic.Overall a donot miss place

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Kristiansand, Norway
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21 reviews 21 reviews
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7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 May 2012

...and great film from Svalbard. Had to close my eyes for a minute - very real flight. Sit in front - and enjoy.

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Dublin, Ireland
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4 reviews 4 reviews
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 April 2012

Amazing movies to see about Svalbard and Northern lights

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11 reviews 11 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 April 2012

Was overpriced for what it was. The seal feeding was interesting but essentially this is just an aquarium and not much adult interest.

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Preston, United Kingdom
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8 reviews 8 reviews
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 April 2012

Impressive performing seals at feeding time and plenty of other interesting side shows

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Bewdley, United Kingdom
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104 reviews 104 reviews
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226 helpful votes 226 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 April 2012

I first visited the Polaria more than ten years ago and it has changed very little since then. The architecture is very interesting to look at from the outside and on the inside it has several exhibits which don’t seem to have been updated since my first visit. On my first visit, the films of Svalbard encouraged me to visit... More

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ahmadnagar, Maharashtra, India
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8 reviews 8 reviews
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 April 2012

spend at least 2 hours, to enjoy the whole museum.

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Lancaster, United Kingdom
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6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 31 March 2012
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Good films of Northern Lights and of the Arctic. Display of seals being fed and trained kept children entertained, interesting variety of arctic wildlife. Nice restaurant with good food, not too expensive for Norway.

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Stonehaven, United Kingdom
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7 reviews 7 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 March 2012

loved the videos but would like a large pool for the seals, well kept though

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