Reccommend me a hotel to stay in and see the northern lights
Reccommend me a hotel to stay in and see the northern lights
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The Terminator

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440 posts

271 months

Friday 6th December 2013
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Looking at taking my wife to see them in the next few week.
Can anyone reccommend me a hotel to stay in for a best chance to see the lights.
Cheers
Paul

SportsLibre

590 posts

240 months

Friday 6th December 2013
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The Ice hotel, Norway

RossShand

18 posts

158 months

Friday 6th December 2013
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Anywhere in Scotland good for it?

MethylatedSpirit

2,077 posts

164 months

Friday 6th December 2013
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Best bet is Stornoway. Have a mate there that is always posting northern lights photos.


Don't expect them to be as vivid as photographers make them. They use a shutter that opens for several seconds to get enough light in for the photograph.

Edited by MethylatedSpirit on Friday 6th December 23:07

M4TT C

108 posts

206 months

Saturday 7th December 2013
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I've just returned from northern Norway/Finland in a 5 day quest to see them. We did, but not as amazing as we have before up there. If there's fairly high solar activity you'll see them but it's not really something you can plan for. Really needs to be last minute looking at cloud cover, moon cycle, (full moons spoil it) and activity (there's some good apps and facebook groups out there). Always best with no light pollution and a northerly viewpoint, Moray coast being ideal. In the UK you'll never see them overhead, only on the Northern horizon.

Craigwww

853 posts

197 months

Monday 9th December 2013
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Going to Jeris in Finland for a week over New Year.. hoping to see plenty activity there!