Tana · Norway
Giilas rest area · Fv98 Ifjordfjellet
Large rest area (25 car spaces) on Tanafjordveien (Fv98) on the fjell between Ifjord and Tana, next to snowmobile-trail parking.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- Partly open to the north: the land rises to about 7° at most, lowest towards the north-north-east..
- 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 40 km by road from the middle of Tana (estimate), roughly 46 min by car.
- Parking
- Rest area; room for about 25 cars; gravel surface.
- Coordinates
- 70.4353, 27.7234 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
Exposed mountain road, often convoyed or closed in storms: only for calm, clear nights. Check vegvesen.no/trafikk.
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.