Tana · Norway
Nesseby church · Varangerfjord
Norwegian Scenic Route stop at Nesseby's 1858 church, one of the few buildings in Finnmark to survive WWII, on a low headland in the Varangerfjord: a classic aurora-over-a-church scene.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- South and east over the Varangerfjord; open sky over the flat headland..
- 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 33 km by road from the middle of Tana (estimate), roughly 38 min by car.
- Parking
- Small car park at the church road.
- Coordinates
- 70.1457, 28.8628 · 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.