North Cape · Norway
Ørahaugen · Havøysund (Roni Horn artwork)
End point of the Norwegian Scenic Route Havøysund: Roni Horn's glass artwork in a wooden hut on Ørahaugen, a 'weather-beaten and beautiful corner of the world' where, Norwegian Scenic Routes says, midnight sun, northern lights and winter darkness keep changing the mood.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- North and west over the open sea (the hut sits on a headland facing the ocean)..
- 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 60 km by road from the middle of North Cape (estimate), roughly 1 h 09 by car.
- Parking
- Village car park on Søndregata, about 0.2 km away.
- Coordinates
- 70.9957, 24.6548 · 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.