Inari · Finland
Laanilantulli rest area · E75 south of Saariselkä
Large paved rest area on the E75 at Laanila, an easy stop for Saariselkä guests that is out of the village lights.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- Open to the north along the road corridor and over the fen; fells (Kaunispää) on the north-east horizon carry the Saariselkä glow..
- Darkness
- Dark sky, grade 1 on a scale from 0 (darkest) to 5. Little artificial light; a good place for faint aurora and the Milky Way.
- Aurora
- Under the auroral oval: aurora can be overhead even on quiet nights.
Getting there
- Distance
- About 45 km by road from Inari (estimate), roughly 52 min by car.
- Parking
- Free rest area; room for about 25 cars.
- Coordinates
- 68.3422, 27.3370 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
Busy E75 with trucks: park inside the rest area.
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 Finland before a night drive. See our winter safety note.
Spot information from openstreetmap.org.