North paces

It depends on your interests, of course, but we had a good two days in Tromso in August. We didn't do a fjord cruise from there. We enjoyed the Polar Museum, the Botanic Garden, and the defense museum. If you like beer, the northernmost brewery is in Tromso. They do tours at 13:00 and 16:00 (16:30?).

--Dav

Nordkapp is okay if the weather is good but there is not much to do there though. If you want to boast that you have been to the northern most point of the European mainland, then you should definitely go.

In fair weather, the scenery around Lake Inari is beautiful...
North Finland, and most of the inland country is rather flat except low hills (tunturi)
As you go nearer the norwegian coast it become more rugged and higher, heading north very rugged and not so high.
Also depends on the season!
You coud take part of the Hurtigruten ferry service from Tromso, visite the mines at Kiruna, go somewhere hiking/skiing...

I thought the scenery while driving towards Nordkapp was priceless. Beautiful turquoise color of the ocean, whales, little sandy beaches... Breathtaking.
And of course, you don't actually have to pay to go to the northernmost point. You can also do a longish hike.

And of course, you don't actually have to pay to go to the northernmost point. You can also do a longish hike.

In fact, you need to go on a longish hike if you want to go to the real northernmost point, rather than the fake northernmost point, the end of the northernmost road, that most people go to under the erroneous impression it is the northernmost point. At least you can do that. In New Zealand, tourists visit the fake northernmost point of Cape Reinga, but the real northernmost point, the Surville Cliffs, is in a reserve and is inaccessible even to the hiker.