Levi · Finland

Pallastunturi visitor centre (Pallas–Yllästunturi NP)

Road-end at the Pallas fells inside the national park, with open treeless fell terrain and almost no artificial light.

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“Aurora arch over Pallastunturi in Muonio, Finland, 2019 January” by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).

Why it works for the aurora

View: Open fell landscape; best on the treeless slopes above.
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 51 km by road from Levi (estimate), roughly 59 min by car.
Coordinates: 68.0461, 24.0633 · Open in OpenStreetMap

Before you go

Exposed fell area: dress for wind and stay on marked paths.

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 Finland before a night drive. See our winter safety note.

Spot information from luontoon.fi.