Aurora watching- Duration
- Flexible
- Kids
- Kid+
- Cost
- $$$
- Permit
- Not needed
- Crowd
- Steady
Aurora watching in Tromsø
Norway
Chasing clear sky by minibus above the Arctic Circle — the northern lights from September to March.
Skill · Beginner
Everything else
Waiting out the dark for the northern lights.
Watching the aurora from reliable dark-sky, clear-weather spots.
In season: Sep–Mar · Peak: Sep–Mar
4 adventures
Aurora watchingNorway
Chasing clear sky by minibus above the Arctic Circle — the northern lights from September to March.
Aurora watchingNorway
Sep–Mar northern lights over open sea rather than forest — reflected in the fjords.
Aurora watchingSweden
The 'blue hole of Abisko' — a rain-shadow microclimate with unusually clear winter skies.
Aurora watchingIceland
The rift valley an hour from the city — dark in every direction under the northern lights.