Tromsø · Norway

Lyngseidet

Lyngen Alps region with dramatic mountain aurora views.

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“View to Lyngseidet from the ferry pier, Lyngen, Troms, Norway, 2014 August” by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).

Why it works for the aurora

View: 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 75 km by road from Tromsø, roughly 1 h 11 by car.
Parking: Town-center and marina parking, then short walk to dark spots.
Coordinates: 69.5763, 20.2186 · 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.