A SPECIAL KIND OF EXPERIENCE.

Anyone travelling to the northern part of Sweden between September and the end of March will most likely be able to observe the Northern Lights. One highly-recommended region is the area around Abisko in Swedish Lapland. Why? Well, above the local 70-kilometre-long Torneträsk Lake, there is a strange weather phenomenon nicknamed ‘The Blue Hole of Abisko’. This is an area of clear sky that is cloud-free even when the rest of the region is covered.

A similarly helpful idea to highlight when the Northern Lights are shining has been adopted by some Finnish hotels in the north of the country. Each hotel guest receives a so-called ‘Aurora alarm’, which is similar to a pager and makes a noise to alert them when the nocturnal delights are visible. The small unit is controlled remotely by the Northern Lights Research Centre, which is located in the municipality of Sodankylä. The best places to witness this sky spectacle in Finland
are areas like Nellim, Utsjoki, Kakslauttanen and Ivalo. If you arrive by car, you’ll cross the breathtaking Finnish Lakeland.

With its endless wide tundra to the north of the country, Canada shines brightly from September to March with a completely natural, but Hollywood-esque, light show. Thanks to the country’s landscape, the sky over Canada looks as big as it would anywhere else on the planet - which makes for a gigantic colour dance of polar light. The best regions are the Yukon Territory (which borders Alaska), Manitoba on Hudson Bay, or the areas around the city of Calgary.

Apart from the Antarctic, Greenland is the country with the world’s lowest population density. This means that artificial light, which can limit the visibility of the Northern Lights, is sparse. Although the island is mostly made up of an ice desert, restricting travel within it, the eastern and southern coastal regions are the perfect places to experience Aurora Borealis. No matter where you are on the island, you can witness it at any time!