Norway
Northern lights in Varanger
6 viewing spots around Varanger, chosen for a dark sky and an open view. For each one: how dark it is, which way it looks, where to park and how to get there. Under the auroral oval: aurora can be overhead even on quiet nights.
- Viewing spots
- 6
- Dark or very dark
- 5
- Magnetic latitude
- 67.3°
- Clearest dark month
- March 31 % of hours clear or partly clear
Which of these spots is clear tonight, and when? Aurora Atlas scores every spot hour by hour from the cloud forecast, darkness, the moon and live aurora activity, with road notices.
See tonight's live scores for Varanger in Aurora AtlasViewing spots
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Ekkerøy · Vadsø
Low peninsula east of Vadsø with a seabird cliff and old fishing houses, recommended by locals as a place to watch the…
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Vestre Jakobselv valley
River valley running up from the Varangerfjord west of Vadsø, another locals’ tip for aurora away from town lights.
- Smelror · Vardø Old fishing hamlet on the Norwegian Scenic Route just before Vardø, at Norway’s easternmost edge, with a wide sea…
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Domen · Vardø
Norwegian Scenic Route Varanger stop on the legendary 'witches' mountain' Domen, with three small shelter buildings…
- Åpenvik rest area · south shore of the Varangerfjord Rest area with toilets on the E6 where it runs along the south side of the Varangerfjord: a wide, low northern horizon…
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Vottenskaret rest area · E75 Kiberg
Rest area on the E75 between Kiberg and Vardø, 2 km south of the Domen scenic-route stop, open to the Barents Sea to…
Drive times are estimates from the middle of Varanger by straight-line distance, as the app estimates them before it knows your route; ferries and winter closures are not counted.