Luleå · Sweden
Svartöberget hill
A classic Luleå hill for the aurora: from the top you quickly see if anything is moving, with the city glowing below.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- Hilltop; Luleå city lights below.
- Darkness
- Some light pollution, grade 3 on a scale from 0 (darkest) to 5. Glow from a nearby town; bright aurora is easy to see, faint aurora is washed out.
- Aurora
- Near the edge of the auroral oval: aurora on most active nights, low in the northern sky on quiet ones.
Getting there
- Distance
- About 2 km by road from Luleå (estimate), roughly 3 min by car.
- Coordinates
- 65.5711, 22.1798 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
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 Sweden before a night drive. See our winter safety note.
Spot information from visitlulea.se.