Alta · Norway
Áisaroaivi rest area · E6 Sennalandet
Rest area on the E6 on the Sennalandet plateau (Hammerfest municipality), on the open fjell between Alta and Skaidi, next to the snowmobile trail car park.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- Partly open to the north: the land rises to about 5° at most, lowest towards the south..
- Darkness
- Mostly dark sky, grade 2 on a scale from 0 (darkest) to 5. Some light from a village, houses or a road nearby.
- Aurora
- Under the auroral oval: aurora can be overhead even on quiet nights.
Getting there
- Distance
- About 57 km by road from Alta (estimate), roughly 1 h 06 by car.
- Parking
- Rest area; room for about 10 cars.
- Coordinates
- 70.2695, 24.1032 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
The E6 over Sennalandet is convoyed in storms and the plateau is exposed: do not wait here in bad weather.
Dress for standing still in the cold, bring a head torch with a red light, and park only where parking is allowed. A forecast is guidance, not a promise: check the road and weather warnings for Norway before a night drive. See our winter safety note.
Spot information from openstreetmap.org.