Lyngenfjord · Norway
Spåkenes · Rotsund headland
Headland with a lighthouse and the remains of a WWII coastal fort on the E6/Rv866 side of the fjord mouth, facing the north end of the Lyngen Alps: the coastal option Nordnorge suggests when the inland valleys cloud over.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- West across the outer Lyngenfjord to the Lyngen Alps; north towards the fjord mouth..
- 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 the middle of Lyngenfjord (estimate), roughly 52 min by car.
- Parking
- Car park on Spåkenesveien.
- Coordinates
- 69.7631, 20.4775 · 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 Norway before a night drive. See our winter safety note.
Spot information from openstreetmap.org.