Since Norway ‘lost’ Santa to the Finns (via a big Santa amusement park built in Lapland), the Norwegians have decided to make the most out of their incredible natural icon – the Northern Lights.  In fact, Northern Norway has been tagged with the name ‘Land of the Northern Lights’ to attract attention and tourists to [...]

Tonight’s sky was filled with the Northern Lights.  The picture above was taken from our balcony at around 7:30pm.  The view is to the North and as you can see the city lights do not compare with the big green monster in the sky. This picture was taken about 11pm.  The view is towards Kvaløya. [...]

One of the most beautiful effects of the Northern Lights is how they dance across the sky.  You don’t get to see this in photographs, and video cameras can never focus on the movement as you need long exposure to capture the lights.  But here we hope to give you a taste of what Aurora [...]

The moon appears brighter in the dark winters. It reflects off the water and the snow. It is beautiful in the night sky but it also chases away the Northern Lights. The best time to see Aurora Borealis is around the time of the New Moon, when it is much darker. On 27th December, we [...]