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Watch northern lights in sweden.
Usually red green or purple in colour they dance and unfold across the sky like curtains lasting anywhere from a few minutes.
How to see the northern lights in the us.
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The most common places to see the northern lights in europe are iceland norway sweden and finland.
With its clear skies and mountainous landscape abisko national park provides a very good opportunity to see the northern lights.
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A significant portion of sweden lies within a zone called the auroral oval where solar particles collide with gases in the earth s atmosphere to create colourful ribbons of light known as the northern lights or aurora borealis.
The closer you get to the so called auroral zone a band that stretches around the globe around 2000 3000km from the magnetic pole which shifts over time the better your chances of seeing something amazing overhead.
Here are some of the best places in sweden to see the northern lights.
What is northern lights.
Here you can see the northern lights without having to leave the room as it.
Usually the northern lights are only visible in sweden s northern reaches.
If you re hoping to photograph the aurora during your trip be sure to check our guide to aurora photography for tips.
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Such as finland norway sweden and parts of canada as well as alaska.
Aurora borealis season in northern polar latitudes alaska northern canada greenland iceland norway sweden finland and siberia runs from august thru april.
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During the summer months of may june and july it is just too bright to see them in the far northland.
Sleeping in one of the rooms at treehotel is an experience in itself but if it was the northern lights that attracted you to this place check out the seventh room.
The 7th room was designed by the norwegian architectural firm snøhetta and sits ten metres off the ground among the pines.
European countries where it s rare to see the northern lights in this post we don t go into all of the countries listed above.
These are the nights with darkness in them.