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Easiest place to see Northern Lights outside Oslo

Replies: 2 - Last Post: Oct 1, 2012 11:14 AM Last Post By: johnthefinn

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muirsy

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Oct 1, 2012 8:13 AM
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Easiest place to see Northern Lights outside Oslo

Hi,

I am considering booking a trip to Norway for four days. The main aim of the trip is to see the Northern Lights. I would be flying into Oslo and as I said I only have four days so I am just wondering what the best way of getting to see them is? I am aware the further north the better but Norwegian flights seem dear, and had considered training it but I am unsure to where.

Any and all ideas are welcome

Cheers

iviehoff

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Oct 1, 2012 9:29 AM
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I am considering booking a trip to Norway for four days. The main aim of the trip is to see the Northern Lights.
You are wasting your money going to Oslo thinking you might see Northern Lights, its too far from the right latitude.

Northern Lights are observable in the vicinity of Oslo on just a handful of occasions per year, maybe a bit more in an active period like recent times. There's no point making a trip to Oslo thinking you all you have to do is get to some dark place with clear skies and wait a couple of days, you are 2 hours flight south of where such a strategy is realistic. If you are in Oslo, and then you hear in the news that there is some big display on that can be seen as far south as Oslo, and there is a prospect of clear skies, then by all means look into getting out of town to somewhere dark.

The best place for northern light spotting in Norway, in near vicinity to an airport one stop from Oslo, is Alta. But best check the weather forecast if you are only going for a short visit, because there is no point going if its going to be cloud all the time.

Stockholm and Helsinki are almost equally useless btw. But you might find northern Sweden or northern Finland cheaper to visit.

johnthefinn

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Oct 1, 2012 11:14 AM
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With only four days to play with, your chances are less than 50/50 wherever you go. And it won't be cheap.
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