Norway
Northern lights in Tana
9 viewing spots around Tana, 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
- 9
- Dark or very dark
- 6
- Magnetic latitude
- 67.5°
- Clearest dark month
- March 26 % 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 Tana in Aurora AtlasViewing spots
- Tana bru · riverside The bridge village on the great salmon river Tana (Deatnu); walk a little up or down the river from the E6 for a wide…
- Varangerbotn · head of the Varangerfjord Start of the Norwegian Scenic Route Varanger at the head of the fjord; drive a few minutes along the shore for an open…
- Kongsfjord · Berlevåg Tiny old fishing village on the Barents Sea coast of the Varanger peninsula, with open sea to the north and very…
- Gornitak rest area · Varangerfjord Norwegian Scenic Route Varanger rest area by the fjord, with service facilities in a restored WWII stone ammunition…
- Nesseby church · Varangerfjord Norwegian Scenic Route stop at Nesseby's 1858 church, one of the few buildings in Finnmark to survive WWII, on a low…
- Tanahorn trailhead · Berlevåg Gravel car park at the start of the trail to Tanahorn, a Sámi sacrificial mountain, on the Barents Sea coast near…
- Sirdagoppi rest area · E6 Karlebotn Rest area with toilets on the E6 at Karlebotn (Nesseby), on the inner Varangerfjord between Varangerbotn and Kirkenes.
- Giilas rest area · Fv98 Ifjordfjellet Large rest area (25 car spaces) on Tanafjordveien (Fv98) on the fjell between Ifjord and Tana, next to…
- Reinoksvann rest area · Fv888 Rest area with toilets and shelters by Reinoksvatnet on Fv888 (Lebesby) on the Nordkyn fjell.
Drive times are estimates from the middle of Tana 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 Tana
- Mountain roads may run in convoy The roads over the plateau to Berlevåg and Båtsfjord cross exposed mountains and can close or run in convoy in winter storms. Check Statens vegvesen’s traffic map before you set off and never stop on the road. Source
- Arctic coast and inland valley, side by side From Tana you can choose between the dry inland river valley and the Barents Sea coast of the Varanger peninsula. When one is cloudy the other is often clearer, so check the hourly cloud forecast for both before driving. Source