Northern Lights Finland
Although the best place to see northern lights is the kilpisjƤrvi region in finnish lapland the aurora borealis can also be seen as far south as helsinki in fact there are about 20 days in a year when the lights can be seen in southern finland the main problem being the high levels of light pollution and the difficulty in finding dimly lit areas.
Northern lights finland. 1 2 how to find accommodation in finland. Other northern lights mythology in finland held that the aurora was the spouts sprayed into the night sky by whales. 4 best time at night to see northern lights in finland. 5 can northern lights be.
Local time to the delight of local photographers and a few tourists visiting northern finland. In fact the northern lights are caused by the sun. March is also considered to be the month with the clearest skies. The northern lights are visible on roughly 200 nights a year or every other clear night in finnish lapland.
As a matter of fact autumn and early spring are the best time for catching the northern lights as solar activity is quite intense and reliable. When particles are emitted by the sun and strike atoms in the earth s atmosphere these atoms light up producing the beautiful colors we see in the aurora borealis. The northern lights also known as aurora borealis started their dance at around 10 30 p m. 1 1 how to get to finland and to the northern lights destinations of finnish lapland.
The more traditional ways to go aurora spotting are snowshoeing cross country skiing or snowmobile and sled dog touring. 2 top 3 reasons why you may not see northern lights in finland.