Pyhä-Luosto · Finland
Asteli beach · Pyhäjärvi
Public swimming beach on the south shore of Lake Pyhäjärvi, named in Pyhä–Luosto guidance as a good aurora option: the lake opens the northern sky with the fells behind you.
See tonight's live score and best time to go for Asteli beach in Aurora Atlas
Why it works for the aurora
- View
- North over Lake Pyhäjärvi..
- 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
- Near the edge of the auroral oval: aurora on most active nights, low in the northern sky on quiet ones.
Getting there
- Distance
- About 22 km by road from the middle of Pyhä-Luosto (estimate), roughly 26 min by car.
- Parking
- Car park by the beach.
- Coordinates
- 67.0464, 27.2149 · 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.