Norway
Northern lights in Narvik
8 viewing spots around Narvik, chosen for a dark sky and an open view. For each one: how dark it is, which way it looks, where to park and how to get there. Under the auroral oval: aurora can be overhead even on quiet nights.
- Viewing spots
- 8
- Dark or very dark
- 6
- Magnetic latitude
- 66.0°
- Clearest dark month
- March 28 % of hours clear or partly clear
Which of these spots is clear tonight, and when? Aurora Atlas scores every spot hour by hour from the cloud forecast, darkness, the moon and live aurora activity, with road notices.
See tonight's live scores for Narvik in Aurora AtlasViewing spots
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Narvikfjellet top station
Cable-car top station high above Narvik with a panorama over the Ofotfjord; you are above most of the town light…
- Rombaksfjorden · north shore Quiet arm of the fjord east of Narvik, where calm water can mirror the aurora between steep mountain walls.
- Langstranda beach Beach about ten minutes’ drive from Narvik across the fjord, a quick escape from the street lights with open water to…
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Bjørnfjell · E10 mountain plateau
High, treeless plateau on the E10 just before the Swedish border; weather here often differs from the coast, so it can…
- 1909-svingen rest area · E6 Bjørkodden Main rest area for about eight cars on the E6 between Narvik and Bjerkvik, beside the fjord: a quick, legal stop out…
- Jernvatnet rest area · E10 Rest area by Jernvatnet lake on the E10 between Narvik and the Swedish border, where the road leaves the coastal…
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Skjærvik rest area · Skjomen bridge
Main rest area at the Skjomen bridge on the E6 south of Narvik: an easy, legal stop in a dark fjord landscape for…
- Øse rest area · E6 Gratangen Rest area for six cars on the E6 north of Bjerkvik, on the route to Senja and Tromsø: dark and out of any town glow.
Drive times are estimates from Narvik by straight-line distance, as the app estimates them before it knows your route; ferries and winter closures are not counted.
Good to know in Narvik
- Use the valleys and the border to dodge cloud Narvik sits where coastal and inland weather meet, so conditions change within a short drive. Local guides read the wind to find clear gaps: when the fjord is cloudy, the E10 towards the Swedish border is often worth a look. Source
- Check the E10 before heading for the border The E10 over Bjørnfjell is a high mountain road that can close or run in convoy in storms. Check Statens vegvesen’s traffic map before you go, and only stop in cleared rest areas. Source