My new friends and I finally picked Norway’s Lofoten Islands in magical Lapland as our spot. Here the sun never sets in the summer and a mystical glow lights up the winter skies. The islands are a chain of gorgeous peaks jutting straight out of the Arctic Ocean. The archipelago they for...
Seeing the northern lights in Norway
This year has been named the year of the Aurora, with the UK lucky enough to see another incredible display of the Northern Lights on Thursday. Known as theaurora borealis, they are typically seen further north in countries like Iceland and...
Most of us in the Twin Ports who enjoy the Northern Lights can't just hop on a plane to Norway, Alaska, or Sweden to see them. Get our free mobile app We of course know that you don't have to go that far in order to witness some glorious displays. Thankfully with the internet a...
Northern Lights Season in Alaska Alaska's Northern Lights season is between mid-September and late April, peaking in March, though that's to do more with the long, dark nights than solar activity. Forecasting the Northern Lights means predicting solar activity, which is virtually impossible with...
As a rule of thumb, if you are going north, look for destinations that sit around the Arctic Circle, such as Alaska, Greenland, Iceland, Northern Canada, Northern Finland, the Northern Highlands of Scotland, Northern Norway, Far North Russia and Northern Sweden. ...
For the most part, you can only see the Northern Lights from high latitudes, requiring people to travel to northern locations such as Finland, Norway, Iceland, Canada or northern Scotland to see this awe-inspiring phenomena. 鈥
The mytho-poetic in Northern travel. This chapter represents an experience of seeing the midnight sun at North Cape, Norway in a particular way. The arrival at North Cape has been represented ... Inger Birkeland,D Crouch - 《Leisure/tourism Geographies Practices & Geographical Knowledge》 被引量...
This year has been named the year of the Aurora, with the UK lucky enough to see another incredible display of the Northern Lights on Thursday. Known as theaurora borealis, they are typically seen further north in countries like Iceland and northe...
Christian IV, king of Denmark and Norway from 1588 to 1648, was celebrated for his great interest in culture, in particular architecture. Many of his architectural projects can be seen in Copenhagen, such as the Old Stock Exchange, the Round Tower, and Rosenborg Castle. The castle was origina...