What names come to mind when referring to "major northern cities"? Syktyvkar, Arkhangelsk, Vorkuta, Severomorsk, Apatity and even St. Petersburg. What about the largest cities in the Arctic? I can't remember it right away. We will help!
Murmansk
In the first place in terms of population is the Russian city of Murmansk. As of 2021, it has a population of 287,000. Murmansk is among the largest cities in Russia. Hero city, a port city that does not freeze all year round thanks to the warm Atlantic current. Spring in Murmansk does not come until June, when the first leaves appear, and lilacs bloom in August.
Norilsk
In second place is the city of Norilsk with a population of 181,000 people (according to 2020 data). Norilsk is a large metallurgical city of Russia in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, 300 kilometers from the Arctic Circle. The duration of winter in these parts reaches 280 days a year, the thermometer on average shows -28 ° C, and in the short summer season not higher than 10 ° C. In terms of ecology, the city is considered an unfavorable place to live, since the 2000s, new housing has not been built in the region.
Tromso
In third place is the Little Known To Russian Man norwegian city of Tromsøy. It is located 400 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle. As of 2018, Tromsø had a population of 75,000. Thanks to the Gulf Stream, the climate in the region is quite mild: in winter the temperature is -4 ° C, in summer +12 ° C.
