Crossing the Artic Circle

Experience the Polar Nights and Northern Lights

When the sun doesn’t rise above the horizon in late December, the Arctic Capital rests in a bewildering beauty of light blue and pink hues, and sparkling crystal whites. The stunning Polar Night phenomenon only occurs high up in the north, on the Arctic Circle and above it.

Contrary to what one might think, the Polar Night – the opposite of the Midnight Sun – is not completely dark. As the sunrays hit the upper layers of the atmosphere, they create the exquisite colours of a sunset. Thanks to the Polar Night season the middays in midwinter are filled with truly incredible and photogenic blue tones.

Rovaniemi is your perfect destination for witnessing the magnificent Auroras. The captivating astral show can be visible from late August until early April – until the nights are too bright to see the Auroras.

The myth and the science behind the Aurora Borealis, your bucket list light show
The magical lights in the northern skies have always been a source of myths and beliefs. The peoples of the north have believed the Auroras are the souls of the dead, or the armors of the Valkyries glimmering when they ride the sky at night.

In Finnish language the word for Northern Lights – ‘revontulet’ – refers to a mystical firefox that lights the sky on fire with its tail.

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