Akureyri · Iceland
Strákagöng car park · Siglufjörður
Free car park just past the western end of the Strákagöng tunnel, beyond Siglufjörður at the tip of the Tröllaskagi peninsula. The Arctic Coast Way names it as a northern lights place: the town is hidden behind the mountain and the sea horizon to the north is dark.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- North and west over the open Arctic Ocean; the steep mountain above the tunnel blocks the east..
- 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 84 km by road from Akureyri (estimate), roughly 1 h 37 by car.
- Parking
- Free car park beside road 76, a few hundred metres from the tunnel.
- Coordinates
- 66.1855, -18.9284 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
Road 76 on this side is often closed by snow and avalanches: check umferdin.is and vedur.is first. The tunnel is single-lane; stop only in the car park.
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 Iceland before a night drive. See our winter safety note.
Spot information from arcticcoastway.is.