In Northern Norway, you are up to the Polar Circle, so you have better chance to see some Northern Lights than anywhere else in Norway. But where to go? How to know when to see them and how to catch them with a camera? For that, you just need to come with us, at Ersfjordbotn Brygge and experience a chase!
Northern Lights Chase in Norway
Why call we that a chase? This is just because it is tricky, but so awesome to see that it worths it!
Actually, a such experience consists to start early by night…well night here in Northern Norway can start early…2 PM! But we use to start our tour at 6:30 PM.
Just a reminder that up to the Polar Circle, you have the Polar Night and the Midnight Sun. One stays down to the horizon line during almost 2 months (from November to January) , the second stays up during the same time but in summer.
Joking aside, if you want to meet the Northern Lights, called also Aurora or the Green Lady, you need to have it above you in the sky basically. For checking that, here in Northern Norway, we use some apps on smartphone which notify us when it is coming.
To imagine the phenomenon, we can describe it like a cloud turning up to the globe, with more or less density and intensity and never the same shape. We have also apps to inform us how it looks like hour by hour. So imagine coming here without any of these tips, you can stay in the coldness from daytime to nighttime, and never see anything!
With our professional northern lights chaser, we decide where it is the less cloudy in order to have better chance to see it. But don’t worry you are at the best place in the world to see them! Once, we have an itinerary we can start to drive until the time that special magnetic colored cloud is above us and just cross fingers to see something. Like we use to say:
We have the skills but unfortunately any button to switch on it!
Northern Lights Norway: more than a chase, a real Norwegian experience
To across the area where we decide to chase, we are in a mini bus, with a local driver. So don’t worry, he knows perfectly how to drive on ice with spikes wheels of course!
Besides, our time of travelling is also really interesting because on the one hand, we have time to share with you some local stories, cultural and traditional ones…
On the other hand, you can see along the road our specials friends which come up when it is quiet and dark: polar animals like moose, fox, otter, reindeer, wolves, wolverine etc…!
When we will be outside, ok it could be really cold but we provide special suits, we make bonfire, we drink warm tea, coffee, soup… Like we are Norwegian, we know perfectly how to stay good outside for a long time. From Vikings, we are use to enjoy an outside living, so be part of it!
As you can now understand, chasing is not only meeting the Aurora, it is also discovering another part of our lifestyle, our story and our animals.
More informations about Northern Lights Tour are available in our website dedicated to activities you can do with Ersfjordbotn Brygge.
To finish, spend few minutes just to discover our cabin “Rorbu” to rent at our address to stay and enjoy the Fjord-lifestyle. Our village is one of the most famous and closest to Tromsø, well-known also to see beautiful northern lights.