Gammelstad Church Town

Why it works for the aurora

View

Open fields and water around the church village.

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 11 km by road from Luleå (estimate), roughly 13 min by car.

Coordinates

65.6460, 22.0290 · Open in OpenStreetMap

Before you go

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