Karasjok · Norway
Jeambealesvárri rest area · road to Finland
Rest area with a viewpoint on the road from Karasjok to the Finnish border.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- Viewpoint at the rest area; open over the Karasjohka/Anárjohka valley..
- 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 8 km by road from Karasjok (estimate), roughly 9 min by car.
- Parking
- Rest area for about 7 cars and 1 lorry.
- Coordinates
- 69.4390, 25.6495 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
Reindeer on the road at night.
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.