Bodø · Norway
Bøsanden beach · Engeløya
Beach car park with toilets at Bøsanden on the north side of Engeløya, Steigen. Visit Bodø: 'The northern side of Engeløya in Steigen is a favourite among many Northern Lights photographers'.
See tonight's live score and best time to go for Bøsanden beach in Aurora Atlas
Why it works for the aurora
- View
- Partly open to the north: the land rises to about 17° at most, lowest towards the west-north-west..
- Darkness
- Mostly dark sky, grade 2 on a scale from 0 (darkest) to 5. Some light from a village, houses or a road nearby.
- Aurora
- Near the edge of the auroral oval: aurora on most active nights, low in the northern sky on quiet ones.
Getting there
- Distance
- About 101 km by road from Bodø (estimate), roughly 1 h 57 by car.
- Parking
- Sand-surfaced car park with toilets.
- Coordinates
- 67.9662, 15.0531 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
The beach car park is on sand and may not be ploughed: check before driving out.
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.