Our choice among Tromsø´s varied menu of winter activites as a bus tour of around three hours to a Sami settlement about a half hour´s  drive away (a hefty 1,390NOK/$131 per person, but I feel worth it). The first order of business was feeding their herd of reindeer (we were all given buckets of kibble), then we retired to the Samis´ expansive lavvu (an elaborate tent/meeting house with a wooden skeleton) for some reindeer stew and to listen to one of them talk about their history and culture and sing a jolk (traditional song). All in all an amazing experience.

Read more in my post Our Winter Adventure Above Norway's Arctic Circle.