Abisko · Sweden
Vassijaure car park · Rallarleden
Free public car park at Vassijaure on the old navvy road (Rallarleden), between Björkliden and Riksgränsen; a lakeside option on the wetter, western side of the mountains.
See tonight's live score and best time to go for Vassijaure car park in Aurora Atlas
Why it works for the aurora
- View
- North over Lake Vássejávri; the valley is narrow and mountains rise 600–800 m above the lake on the far side, so the lowest northern sky is blocked..
- Darkness
- Dark sky, grade 1 on a scale from 0 (darkest) to 5. Little artificial light; a good place for faint aurora and the Milky Way.
- Aurora
- Under the auroral oval: aurora can be overhead even on quiet nights.
Getting there
- Distance
- About 31 km by road from Abisko (estimate), roughly 36 min by car.
- Parking
- Free car park; fine gravel surface.
- Coordinates
- 68.4308, 18.2580 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
Avalanche terrain on the slopes above: stay on the flat by the lake and road, and off the lake ice.
Dress for standing still in the cold, bring a head torch with a red light, and park only where parking is allowed. A forecast is guidance, not a promise: check the road and weather warnings for Sweden before a night drive. See our winter safety note.
Spot information from openstreetmap.org.