The sun rises, yes - but BEHIND the mountains! The sun can NOT be seen from the city center until Jan 21.

At least not until now...

Interesting, there's a pretty deep inversion layer over Tromso extending south today:
[link to stratus.ssec.wisc.edu]
Its strength isn't too shabby either:
[link to stratus.ssec.wisc.edu]
Such conditions are favorable to increased atmospheric refraction such that light rays travel around the curvature of the earth at a constant altitude
[link to en.wikipedia.org]


I think we're be able to recognize the Sun when it appears:
[link to www.itromso.no]

Video:
[link to www.nrk.no]