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    Englische Muttersprachler, ist Tromsø eine Stadt oder eine Kleinstadt?


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    Ich höre Leute sagen, die Deutschen nennen es Dorf oder Ortschaft, aber nicht Stadt.

    Ist Tromsø intuitiv eine Stadt oder ein Ort, wenn man einen Satz darüber schreiben würde?

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    5. ShardsOfTheSphere on

      I’d say it’s a city. Only people from big cities would consider it a town, but that doesn’t mean they’re correct. I live near a city of 300k people, and still some people call that a town, which is a bit silly.

    6. Citizen_of_H on

      „Dorf“ is the German word for a village. That cannot be seriously meant by a German. There are places with just a fraction of the population of Tromsø that is called Stadt in Germany 

    7. Hour-Resolution-806 on

      Officially a city, but in my ex Tromsø head, it is a small almost town.. More a cozy village…

    11. Hermanstrike on

      It’s conspiracy theory. Actually Tromsø is boat where people built around 👍

    12. Ardent_Scholar on

      Brits consider something a city when it has a University and a Cathedral.

    13. Mizunomafia on

      In this case I think the definition must take into account the remote location of Tromsø. You won’t find a bigger city on the same latitude anywhere in the world bar Russia afaik.

      Context and customs, unofficial and official, leads to a city.

    14. AnnieByniaeth on

      It’s a city, obvs. It has a cathedral (and I mean the proper one, not the white thing over the bridge). And that makes it a city.

    15. Linkcott18 on

      We don’t really distinguish in Norwegian. Both are ‚by‘.

      In English, the definition of the difference between town and city varies by country, so…. I don’t think it really matters?

    17. RidetheSchlange on

      Knowing what a Dorf and an Ortschaft is, Tromso is not a town. It’s a small city where people are concentrated into a few municipal areas on the islands and the larger Tromso area is actually pretty big.

    18. Hexdoctor on

      By Norwegian standards it’s a city, at the low end of that range. It has a clear downtown and multiple districts, while being the focal point of the 1st and second degree subdivisions it is in.

    19. Egitlebob on

      American here. Moved to Norway 3 years ago and have been to Tromsø twice. I refer to Tromsø as a city in conversation. As well as places like Ålesund, or even Arendal. Places like Lillesand or Grimstad are probably the upper limit of „town“ for me. Any bigger than that and I’d start using „city“.

    21. Organic_Tradition_94 on

      Considering Oslo is around 600 thousand people, Tromsø is definitely a city by Norwegian standards.

    22. Sensitive-Vast-4979 on

      Depends if the king has done his setting and town to a city (idk if your monarch does that )

    24. Miehnar on

      I learned from my English (British linguistic) teacher that a city has a cathedral.

    25. AsaTJ on

      Less than 100k people to me would be a big town, not quite a small city. But among native English speakers you are going to get different answers for this based on where someone grew up. If you’re from a very rural area that would definitely be „the city.“

    26. megacoinsquad on

      it’s a city. 

      many US states call every town a “city” by the way, no matter the population! 

    28. rensd12 on

      Population is only relevant in proportion with the province / region or even country
      Amenities and institutions are what counts.

      Tromsø is 100% a city

    29. Zamnaiel on

      It is one of the bigger conurbations in its country, which makes it a city. It is relative to its country and area.

      If it was in the US, it would not be a city of it was located in California, but it would be in Wyoming.

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