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Tromsø Cathedral is a long neo-gothic church built in 1861 and designed by Christian Heinrich Grosch. The previous church on the site was a wooden cruciform church dating from 1803.

Tromsø Deaf Church is a brick church that was built in 2006. The church is fan-shaped and was designed by architect Nikolai Alfsen.

Tromøy Church is a long church dating from 1150. In 1748 the church was completely rebuilt. The long church from the Middle Ages was divided in two and used as a transept in a cruciform church where the nave and choir were made of wood. The church was used as a landmark when sailing on the Skagerrak and was an easily recognisable feature in the tone of land that sailors saw from the sea. It is marked on all nautical charts, and until 1940 the state lighthouse and the marker were responsible for painting the walls of the church to the south.

The Trondenes church is the northernmost medieval church in the country. It was built in the first half of the 15th century. The church is monumental with a high rectangular nave and a narrower, straight choir. The portals are pointed arched with a rich soapstone decoration. In the Middle Ages, a high surrounding wall with two defensive towers surrounded the church. The particularity of the church of Trondene lies in the three altarpieces in the choir dating from the late Middle Ages. They were made in Lübeck in the second half of the 15th and early 16th centuries.

The Trones Church is a wooden 'long church' with a lower and narrower choir and a tower above the porch. The church was built in 1832 according to plans by Ole Scheistrøen. The church was restored in 1910 and 1980.

The old church of Trönö is the best-preserved medieval church in Norrland. The architecture owes much to the 16th century, but the church dates back to the 13th century. The age of the belfry is not known, but its design is reminiscent of Norwegian churches. In 1895, the new church of Trönö was completed and the old church of Trönö was destroyed but it was carefully restored in 1914-1915.

The church of Santa Maria dell'Isola was probably founded in the 11th century, on a rock inhabited since the 7th-8th centuries by hermits. After the earthquakes of 1783 and 1905, very little of the original structure was preserved.

Although less well known than the Rila Monastery or the Bachkovo Monastery, the Troyan Monastery is a popular destination for religious tourism in the Balkans. The monastery was built at the turn of the 16th to 17th century and houses one of the most treasured icons of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church: the Three-Handed Virgin.

The exact date of the cemetery’s foundation is unclear. However, it was functioning in the 18th century and appears on Russian maps of the region from the mid-19th century. On June 28, 1941, Troyanivka was occupied by the Nazis, and on September 5, 1942, 345 Jews were murdered outside the village limits. In 1993, a monument was erected on the site of the shooting.

The construction of the cathedral was ordered around 1200 by Bishop Garnier de Traînel and began under the episcopacy of his successor Hervé in 1208. The construction work continued until the 17th century. The Saint Paul tower to the south was never built. Before, a 110-metre spire surmounted the transept crossing, it was swept away by a tornado in 1365, then struck by lightning in 1700, after which it was no longer rebuilt. Part of the choir was destroyed in a hurricane in 1228, and the roof of the nave was burnt down by a storm in 1389. During the revolution, all the large statues of the portals were smashed and some of the stained glass windows were destroyed, the treasure was melted down, dechristianized and transformed into the Temple of Abundance for several years.