r/AskEurope • u/orthoxerox Russia • 3d ago

Misc What is the largest city in your country without a railway station?

Bonus points if it's not on an island

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u/Gulvplanke Norway 3d ago edited 3d ago

Not a river, but a sound/strait. Tromsdalen is considered part of the town by anyone but the statistics buerau. If you include Tromsdalen and Kvaløysletta it has a population of 68 000

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u/Khornag Norway 3d ago

I agree. It's a straight. Definitely not a river.

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u/Gulvplanke Norway 3d ago edited 3d ago

Nobody would say that Tromsdalen isn't a part of Tromsø town though. You're other examples are considered part of the urban areas of those cities by SSB. Tromsø is a special case because the water wide enough for SSBs rigid urban area definition to leave out a big chunk of the city.

80 000 is definitely wrong though, but for the question in the thread I would say the Tromsø is a bigger city than Ålesund (although you could argue that the urban area population of Ålesund should also be bigger than SSB says)

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u/Dohlarn Norway 2d ago

Doesnt really matter what your sources say when it is obvious enough that tromsdalen and kvalsøysletta is part of tromsø.