North Cape · Norway
Oksevåg rest area · Fv894
Small rest area on Oksevågveien (Fv894) in Lebesby municipality on the Nordkyn peninsula.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- Partly open to the north: the land rises to about 6° at most, lowest towards the north..
- 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 70 km by road from the middle of North Cape (estimate), roughly 1 h 21 by car.
- Parking
- Rest area; room for about 3 cars.
- Coordinates
- 70.9557, 27.5232 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
A slide has closed the Fv894 nearby: check road status after snowfall.
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.