Northern lights in Finland Tips and Tricks

Best place to see Northern Lights

Finnish Lapland above the Arctic Circle is one of the best places on the planet to see the Northern Lights.

Yllas ski resort - center of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) in Finland. All street illumination is switched off during the Northern Lights. Many people come here to find best Aurora spots.

Other places to see Northern lights in Finland: Rovaniemi, Pyha-Luosto, Saariselka, Levi, Ivalo and Inari area, Kemijarvi and many other wildness areas above the Arctic Circle in Finland.

Best time to see Northern Lights

From late September, during all winter till the end of March.

The best time to see Northern Lights - from 22.00pm to 3.00am. Usually at this time Aurora appears on the sky.

When news and local weather forecast warn meteodependent people about magnetic storms and solar flares, it is a sure sign that this evening you might see Northern lights.

Northern Lights Online

Aurora Online APP for mobile devises or Northern Lights forecast services can help you a lot to see the Lights. Sign up for Northern lights Online application and follow Aurora.

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Northern lights lodge: Glass igloo and Aurora hotels in Finland

Glass Igloo night or Aurora Hotel room stay is some kind of once in a lifetime experiences and best way to see Northern lights from warm and comfort place. Igloo offers 360 degree outlook of the sky and wilderness. In Finland Northern Lights can be seen in a range of purpose-built Aurora-friendly hotels and glass igloos in Lapland. For example:

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Are you serious in Northern Lights hunting?

Reliable assistant in Northern Light hunting in Finland is Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory. It provides real-time information about the geomagnetic disturbances and real time images from sky web-cameras online. Northern Lights can be seen immediately on the camera and you can go out and look at the sky.

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