Amazing Northern Lights!

Northern Lights – one of nature’s most spectacular wonders!

The Amazing Northern Lights are solar winds that meet the atmosphere in a zone around the magnetic North Pole, forming arches, waves and curls of light moving across the sky, with sudden rays of light shooting down from space.

Where can you see the Northern Lights?
Norway – the Arctic northern part – is ideally located in the middle of the Northern Lights zone. We will tell you about the best destinations, as well as how you can join Northern Lights tours in Norway to get there
Read about Norway

When can you see the Northern Lights?
The best chances of seeing the Northern Lights are between October and March, with limited amount of daylight. The display usually begins in the late afternoon or in the evening and continues with varying intensity into the night.

About the Northern Lights:

Northern Lights by Ziggi Wantuch, Hammerfest Turist AS

Breathtaking Northern Lights!

Nothing else in the sky looks like the Northern Lights!

While the sun, the moon and the stars are visible from everywhere and natural parts of our everyday life, the Northern Lights can only be seen in certain areas.
They vary in colour and intensity and as opposed to the moon, sun and stars they are unpredictable and unique. The Northern Lights in Norway are called the night-time Aurora because they are on the night-side of the earth.

Northern Lights By Gaute Bruvik, Nordnorsk Reiseliv

The magic Aurora!

Where do the Aurora come from?

The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, are an ethereal display of colored lights shimmering across the night sky. What causes them?

Dr Dònal Hill from University of Oxford explains us all about these magic lights occurring on the northern skies.
Watch our Northern Lights video

Northern Lights Tromso by Bard Loken, Nordnorsk Reiseliv

Amazing Northern Lights over Tromso!

Northern lights destinations

KIRKENES
– a former mining town located far north-east in Arctic Norway, close to the Russian border.
Kirkenes is home to the amazing Snow hotel. It is also the turning point for the Norwegian ships cruising along the coast of Norway.
Read about Kirkenes

TROMSO
– a vibrant town located on the west coast, beautifully located surrounded by mountain peaks & islands. It is Europe’s northernmost University town.
Read about Tromso

Northern Lights Norway. Photo by Gaute Bruvik. Nordnorsk Reiseliv

Amazing Northern Lights at sea!

ALTA
– home to a large group of indigenous Sami people in Norway. The Igloo ice hotel is the most known sight in the town, as well as the Northern lights cathedral

THE OPEN SEA
The Northern Lights are best seen in rural areas where the sky is dark and not blurred by the city lights. Being at the open sea offers excellent conditions, hence joining a cruise is an excellent idea!

Suggested tours:

Entrance To Snow Hotel Kirkenes By Kirkenes Snow Hotel

Sleep in the amazing Snow Hotel in Kirkenes!

Travel packages to Kirkenes

• Ice Hotel Northern Lights break
4 nights. Oslo-Kirkenes-Oslo

• Ice Hotel, Northern Lights & Tromso
6 nights. Oslo-Kirkenes-Tromso-Oslo

• Ice Hotel, Northern Lights & Fjord tour
7 nights. Oslo-Kirkenes-Bergen-Oslo

Dog Sledding In Tromso Norway. Photo By Baard Loeken, Nordnorsk Reiseliv

Enjoy Dog sledding in Tromso area!

Travel packages to Tromso

• Arctic Wilderness, Northern Lights & Tromso
6 nights. Oslo-Tromso/Tromso area-Oslo

• Northern Lights Safari
5 nights Oslo-Tromso-Oslo

• Tromso Winter adventure
3 nights in Tromso

Sami with reindeer in Alta By Trym Ivar Bergsmo, Nordnorsk Reiseliv

Enjoy Reindeer sleigh in Alta area!

Travel package to Alta

Igloo hotel & Arctic Wilderness
An amazing 6 nights tour, with overnight at the Igloo ice hotel, at a cozy Mountain lodge & in a traditional Lavvo (Sami tent).
The tour starts & finishes with overnight stays in Oslo.
• Activities: Dog sledding, Snowmobile trip, Reindeer sledding & Sami experience, Northern Lights activities & Arctic meals.

Northern Lights Norway. Photo By Kent Even Grundstad, Nordnorsk Reiseliv

Magic Northern Lights at the open sea!

Northern Lights cruise packages

• Northern Lights cruise trip
7 nights, 2 nights cruise. Oslo-Trondheim–Tromso-Oslo

• Tromso, Northern Lights & Arctic coast
6 nights, 3 nights cruise. Oslo-Tromso-Trondheim-Oslo

• Winter cruise & Northern Lights
8 nights, 5 nights cruise. Oslo-Kirkenes-Bergen

Dog sledding Under The Northern Lights In Kirkenes By Kirkenes Snowhotel

Dog sledding in the Arctic wilderness!

More information about:

• Northern Lights tours
• Aurora borealis cruises
• Winter in Norway
• Christmas & winter tours

Questions about our tours?

Contact us:
• Use our contact form,
• By e-mail to [email protected], or
• Call us on +47 (55) 131-310
(Mon-Fri 09:00 to 15:30 local time)

Northern lights tours

Sami under the Northern Lights by Orjan Bertelsen, Nordnorsk Reiseliv

Enjoy a Northern Lights tour in
Norway, with adventurous activities

Reindeer sledge by Trym Ivar Bergsmo, Nordnorsk Reiseliv

Reindeer sleigh

Dog sledding

Snow mobile trip

Sleep inside the ice

Inside the snow hotel by Kirkenes Snow hotel

In Kirkenes Snow hotel

See amazing Northern Lights:

Northern lights at the Kirkenes Snow hotel. Photo By Kirkenes Snow Hotel

At the Snow hotel

Amazing Northern Lights in Norway by Pixabay

At the Norwegian coast

Traditional Sami Tent Alta By FriKant Mediedesign, Sorrisniva

over a Lavvo in Alta

Sustainable tourism

Our trips are based on our goal of sustainable tourism, with eco-friendly travel that leaves as small an environmental footprint on nature as possible.

Bergen in winter by Grim Berge, Visit Bergen

You can book safely with

Fjord Travel Norway – a local, Norwegian travel company. We have been in business for more than 20 years.

You will travel eco-friendly by public transport, with guided activities.
The tours are flexible and you can add nights and activities.

What our customers say:

Thank you for assisting us with our trip to Norway. We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Kirkenes and the Snow Hotel. The arrangements you made for us were perfect. The lodging was comfortable and the excursions were fun. Tom and I rarely use the services of a travel company when we travel; you enriched our trip and made the planning easy.

Alison, United States
On behalf of the group I would like to thank you and your colleagues for organizing our wonderful tour of Norway. Everything went very well including the weather, which was spectacular. We enjoyed all the hotels, the central locations you chose and the amenities, especially the lavish breakfasts. Three extra days in Oslo allowed us to tour the city at our leisure and to enjoy more of the important sights including the newly opened National Museum. The Norway in a Nutshell tour was amazing and made much easier by using your recommended porterage service between hotels in Oslo and Bergen. Both the train journeys and the boat trip were spectacular, and combined with a night in the beautiful Kviknes Hotel made for an unforgettable two days. We were very impressed by the Hurtigruten cruise, particularly the way they combined a working ship with a cruise ship, the comfortable accommodations, the food and service. It was fascinating to visit all the various ports, islands and fjords and the two included tours were excellent and informative. In the end we were glad to have the extra night in Kirkenes, to visit their lovely museum and take a trip to the Russian border. It was a good way to end the tour. Again, thank for staying with us through 2 years of pandemic postponements and changes. We certainly will recommend Fjord Travel in the future.

Marilyn, United States
We just recently completed the Tromso, Northern Lights & Arctic Coast tour. I am writing to say what an amazing tour we had. Everything ran smoothly without an issue, the accommodation was fantastic and the tours were brilliant. We cannot fault the package at all. I would also like to thank Franziska and Lene, they both were fantastic in answering all my questions promptly, whilst booking the tour. Thank you for a wonderful and memorable holiday!

Robert, Australia