Inari · Finland
Nellim · Lake Inari east shore
Tiny lakeside village on a winding road toward the Russian border, where guided aurora tours stop over Lake Inari's islands; very little light.
See tonight's live score and best time to go for Nellim in Aurora Atlas
Why it works for the aurora
- View
- Over Lake Inari to the west and north-west..
- 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 47 km by road from Inari (estimate), roughly 55 min by car.
- Parking
- Car park on Nellimintie in the village.
- Coordinates
- 68.8483, 28.3212 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
Lake ice: stay on the shore unless the ice is known to be safe.
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.