Alta · Norway
Fuglenes · Hammerfest
Public car park on the Fuglenes peninsula by the old Skansen fort and the Meridian monument (Struve Geodetic Arc, World Heritage), Hammerfest's in-town shore view for when you cannot drive out.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- West and north-west over the harbour and Sørøysundet; the town is behind you..
- Darkness
- Some light pollution, grade 3 on a scale from 0 (darkest) to 5. Glow from a nearby town; bright aurora is easy to see, faint aurora is washed out.
- Aurora
- Under the auroral oval: aurora can be overhead even on quiet nights.
Getting there
- Distance
- About 99 km by road from Alta (estimate), roughly 1 h 54 by car.
- Parking
- Free car park at Fuglenesbukta.
- Coordinates
- 70.6710, 23.6667 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
Keep back from the harbour edge; the quays are icy.
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 Norway before a night drive. See our winter safety note.
Spot information from openstreetmap.org.