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Hamna, Tromsø — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Hamna is a district on the north-eastern shore of Tromsøya, the island carrying the Arctic city of Tromsø.
About Hamna
Where to stay in Hamna
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Visitor beds sit in central Tromsø, so Hamna works as a quiet residential base rather than a hotel quarter. Most travellers stay near the harbour and drive out along Tromsøya. If you want calm streets near the Stakkevollan Coop Prix Arena with the strait close by, it suits you.
Rooms in Hamna are scarce.
About Hamna
What are the main landmarks in Hamna?
The local fixture is the Stakkevollan Coop Prix Arena, a sports hall serving this north-eastern stretch of Tromsøya. Beyond it the district is residential, with the Tromsøysundet strait and its mainland mountains filling the view east. Central Tromsø lies a short way south down the island.
The arena is the meeting point.
What is the history of Hamna?
Hamna belongs to the newer, outer growth of Tromsø. As the centre on Tromsøya filled and the municipality of Tromsø needed room, building pushed north-east along the island toward the Tromsøysundet strait, and quarters like this and Stakkevollan came up to take the spillover of housing. The harbour name points to its working frontage on the sound.
Younger streets, older shoreline.
Where is Hamna?
The district sits in north-eastern Tromsø, on the part of Tromsøya that fronts the Tromsøysundet strait beside the neighbouring quarter of Stakkevollan. Sjømannsbyen lies along the shore to the west. The strait edges it on one side.
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Updated August 2026