or is a neighborhood in the city of Tromsø which lies in

Tromsø Municipality Tromsø Municipality is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø. Other notable settlements in the municipality include the vi ...

Troms Troms (; ; ; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with ...

county,

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. The neighborhood is located along the

Tromsøysundet or is a strait located in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The long strait separates the island of Tromsøya (the location of the city of Tromsø) from the mainland east of the island. The strait is crossed by the Tromsøysund Tu ...

strait A strait is a water body connecting two seas or water basins. The surface water is, for the most part, at the same elevation on both sides and flows through the strait in both directions, even though the topography generally constricts the ...

on the mainland, just across the strait from the city centre of

Tromsø Tromsø is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality as well as the administrative centre of Troms county. The city is located on the is ...

which lies on the island of

Tromsøya or is an island in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It lies in the Tromsøysundet strait between the mainland and the larger island of Kvaløya. The city of Tromsø is located on the island, which has 39,882 residents. The isla ...

. The

Tromsdalen or is an urban neighborhood in the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø which is in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located just to the east of the city centre on the mainland along the coast of the Tromsøysundet strait. The v ...

area of the city of Tromsø lies about to the south and the village of

Movik Movik is a village in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located along the Tromsøysundet strait on the mainland part of the municipality. The village sits about northeast of the city of Tromsø and about north of the village ...

lies about to the north. The village is considered part of the

urban area. Kroken is a large residential area that has two schools, Kroken Church, the Ishavsbyen FK

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club, and the Krokensenteret

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, where Norway's largest

Coop Prix Coop Prix is a Norwegian chain of 257 discount stores throughout Norway managed by Coop Norge and owned by local cooperative A cooperative (also known as co-operative, coöperative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomy, autonomous association ...

used to be located, but got changed to a coop extra.

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Villages in Troms Tromsø {{Troms-geo-stub