Come make your mark.
Here, the city is small enough to shape, and big enough to change you.
A vibrant, walkable city on the fjord.
Trondheim is a small city with a rare kind of reach. Ideas move quickly here, from research labs and startup rooms to kitchens, stages, campuses, and cultural spaces. The city is built on old stories, but it belongs to the people adding new ones. Shaped by centuries of history and surrounded by forest and fjord, Trondheim has a way of making possibility feel close.
Innovation is part of the culture, not a separate sector. It lives in world-class technology and medicine, but also in food, music, art, student traditions, and the everyday courage to try something new. From Michelin-star kitchens to cutting-edge labs, from bold founders to curious students, Trondheim is built by the people who choose to take part in it.
Founded over 1,000 years ago, still shaping the future
With ancient roots and a forward-looking spirit, Trondheim has always been a city of knowledge, movement, and possibility.
Nidarosdomen, Trondheim. Photo: Nikol Herec
There are many ways into Trondheim.
Some come to visit. Some come to study. Some arrive for work, research, or a new chapter. However you begin, Trondheim opens into more than one path.
Choose your way in.
Visit Trondheim
Explore a walkable city where history, food, nature, and culture meet at the edge of the fjord.
Study in Trondheim
A city shaped by students, with the energy, openness, and opportunities that come with it.
Work in Trondheim
Build your future in a place where meaningful work and quality of life go hand in hand.
Live in Trondheim
Find your rhythm in a city that feels both grounded and full of possibility.
Innovate & Invest
Trondheim is built on research, shaped by innovation, and driven by people who want to make things happen.
The Journal
Meet the people shaping Trondheim
David Phan
"We're both studying medicine at NTNU and running TomatoSharp."
David Phan
"We're both studying medicine at NTNU and running TomatoSharp."
A medical student develops an obsession with Japanese knife sharpening during the pandemic. His girlfriend starts helping with the marketing. Their friends get involved. At some point there's a one-square-metre shed, a grandfather's workbench, and a bicycle carrying kitchen knives across Trondheim. Somehow, this becomes a business.
Read moreTrondheim's a story you write yourself into.
Not every place makes room for possibility in the same way Trondheim does.
Midtbyen, Trondheim. Photo: McKenna Starck
Small city. Serious substance.
Trondheim has never needed to be loud to be significant. For more than 1,000 years, people have come here to build, innovate, create, and make their mark on the city, while helping the city make its mark on the world. Today, that depth is still felt in the way people build here, carefully, collaboratively, and with an eye toward the future.
Michelin Stars and European Region of Gastronomy powered by creative chefs and producers
A culinary landscape shaped by innovative chefs, quality producers, and ingredients sourced from fjord, forest, and farm.
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Innovation spanning from Nobel-brain science to ocean tech, energy and AI
Here, research, startups, and industry work closely together, turning technology and new ideas into momentum that reaches far beyond the city.
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Trails begin where the sidewalk ends, and nature becomes part of daily life
80+ kilometers of marked trails for skiing, hiking, and mountain biking. Forest and fjord, minutes from downtown.
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40,000 students, deep traditions, and energy felt far beyond campus
From legendary student festivals to everyday campus life, students are woven into Trondheim’s rhythm, shaping the city’s culture, community, and spirit of innovation.
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Visit the region
Discover the region through hikes, local flavours, historic sites, and coastal escapes.
Study here
Explore a rich student life in Trondheim, where tradition, curiosity, and opportunity meet.
Innovate & invest here
A city known for deep tech, bold founders, and world-class research that moves ideas forward.
Make a life here
Live in a city where everyday life moves between urban energy, quiet nature, and real opportunity.
Build your career here
Grow your career in a city where opportunity, innovation, and quality of life move together.
People making their mark
Get to know the founders, researchers, students, artists, and innovators bringing Trondheim’s ideas and culture to life.