Tromsø · Norway

Grøtfjord – Litlevatnet (Kvaløya)

Lakeside spot at Litlevatnet near Grøtfjord on Kvaløya, offering still-water reflections and a parking area.

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Litlevatnet en amont de Grøtfjord x2
“Litlevatnet en amont de Grøtfjord x2” by Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).

Why it works for the aurora

View
North.
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 20 km by road from Tromsø, roughly 30 min by car.
Parking
Grøtfjord - Litlevatnet.
Coordinates
69.7765, 18.5640 · 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 Norway before a night drive. See our winter safety note.

Spot information: Tromsø kommune.