Luleå · Sweden
Hindersöstallarna · Luleå archipelago
Archipelago spot on Hindersön named by Visit Luleå among its aurora places: out on the islands the sea ice gives a wide, dark sky with little light pollution.
See tonight's live score and best time to go for Hindersöstallarna in Aurora Atlas
Why it works for the aurora
- View
- Over the frozen sea; widest to the south and east..
- 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
- Near the edge of the auroral oval: aurora on most active nights, low in the northern sky on quiet ones.
Getting there
- Distance
- About 15 km by road from Luleå (estimate), roughly 17 min by car.
- Parking
- Car park on Hindersöstallarna road.
- Coordinates
- 65.5453, 22.3953 · 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.
Spot information from openstreetmap.org.