Aurora Borealis a.k.a. Northern Lights in Lapland

The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights), the most magnificent natural phenomenon, usually appears in the night sky between end of August and April. Like many other natural phenomenon, the Northern Lights have been linked with many stories. Some people say that they are spirit moving across heaven, some that they are the reflections of the shields of the mythical female warrior Valkyrie and some believe that they are sparks from a foxes' tail hitting a top of a fell.

Nowadays, scientist claim that the Aurora Borealis are basically due to solar winds hitting the Earth's upper atmosphere about 100 km high in the sky. The Earth's magnetic field directs the flow of electrons from the sun to the magnetosphere above the magnetic North and South Pole. This is the reason that best places to see Auroras are above the Arctic Circles. Statistically the best time for seeing auroras is just before the midnight.

The Northern lights occur also in the summer, but the Midnight Sun and the light sky of the summer nights prevents us from seeing them.

Hotel & Igloo Village Kakslauttanen is a very good place seeing the magical Aurora Borealis because there is not so many lights outside and it is north enough (250 above the Arctic Circle). The best way to see the Aurora Borealis is to sleep in our unique Glass Igloo.

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