The town of Tromso, Norway. The photographer is in a boat in Tromso Sund looking north at the town waterfront showing a four storey wooden building next to a large wooden slipway and jetty on the left. A number of motor fishing vessels are at moorings and all are seen bow-on to the camera. A four storey wooden building on the waterfront to the right of centre is occupied by Rieser & Co. The negative is captioned '"Tromso" from the sea'.