The sky was so clear for our trip tonight, we kept stopping to check the sky as we headed to  wilderness viewing spot. The northern lights were very pale but began to brighten from time to time before fading again but visible for the whole of our trip. We took time to experience some Lappish…

The hazy dark sky suddenly brightened, with curly lines and squiggles appearing. The northern lights were creating a crazy lighting effect behind the the cloud,  the curly lines so clearly visible though. We waited for their return, gathered around the fire, there was time to share our Lappish shamanism, what secrets were revealed tonight, such…

We headed away from the last street lighting on our journey out into the wilderness, the sky was not as dark as we expected it to be! A bright green ribbon of light seamed to be above the road illuminating the road ahead. We hurried to the first spot where we can get a good…

The northern lights tonight were playing hide and seek amongst the hazy cloud which glowed in the bright moonlight. But the telltale signs of varying brightness revealed the position of the northern lights across our sky. We watched and waited, the sky clearing in patches then the hazy cloud returning. Then the sky to the…

The perfectly clear sky tonight did not disappoint us, the northern lights gently brightened over the evening. The bright arc of green light was a delight, the dancing pillars of light were a bonus. Our group of visitors tonight had an unforgettable experience, their first visit to Lapland and what a welcome they got. One…

Tonight as soon as we left street lighting behind we could see the northern lights, just pale to start with but we stopped to get some photographs at our favorite spots. The northern lights just kept getting stronger as we watched and waited on our little mountain top. More than half the sky covered by…

The Celebration Dinner began with a welcome address for our visitors, there was something for everyone on the menu tonight. After the hearty meal we were all ready to head back out into the snow, first to our riverside kota to gather around the fire and experience some Lappish shamanism. This is the perfect night…

Tonight as the full Cold Moon rose we headed out into the wilderness, the moonlight illuminating the snow covered landscape. Just around one bend in the road we disturbed a moose, it was standing on the road and moved away from us down the road, we followed it. The moose soon took a left turn…

Our hill was fighting the cloud as best it could tonight, the hole in the cloud would open then the cloud would creep back. We watched as the northern lights were explained, their creation and folk law. The orange glow of the fire visible through the gaps around the kota door were drawing us near.…

The fireside tonight was the place to be, the flickering flames illuminating the kota. The food heated and enjoyed, these travelers were hungry and enjoyed our selection of wilderness treats. Myths and legends told while keeping an eye on the sky for signs of activity. Their futures soon revealed as we shared some Lappish shamanism,…

Tonight it was really foggy so we followed the sky and made a little walk up to the mountain. We found many paths of wild animals out there. The shamanism was great experience like always and showed our guest the way to new experiences on hiking tours with back bag. The particle that is born…

The soft fresh snow on the track to our viewing spot gave the trip a magical Christmas feeling. The warm glow of the fire captivated us as stories were shared, Lapland was explained. The food toasted and warm drinks enjoyed the time was right to share our Lappish shamanism, our guests eagerly sat on the…

The journey up to our magical viewing location was an exercise in animal foot prints in the snow identification. The local wild animals had been out since the last snow fell leaving crisp clear paw prints in the soft layer of snow covering the older harder snow underneath. Mountain hares or snow hares had been…

It was a great night with a customer from New Zealand. Lights were visible on all of our check points, but the crown was over our mountain with a fantastic 1 hour show. We also tried arctic shamanism. Our guest found his girlfriend in the tin showing the way to the future… Perfect night to…

We headed out of a cloud covered town to our wilderness destination. We stopped on the journey at one of our viewing places to stare at the milky way above us and so many stars. The half moon beginning to brighten the sky as it climbed higher in the eastern sky. The magical atmosphere of…

As we headed out into the wilderness we could see clear sky on one side. As we progressed the edge of the cloud crept closer and the twilight faded so the stars began to stand out. We arrived to our destination to notice the first signs of the northern lights arc reaching across the clear…

Tonight we headed out to our viewing spot as the last of day light refused to give up the sky to darkness. We kept checking out for signs of the northern lights as the brightness faded. As we made our way up to our viewing location we met a single toad on the path, it…

What a difference a day makes! Again a clear sky but tonight the northern lights were out to impress. Swirls and curves of bright northern lights moving across the sky. The twilight unnoticed in this bright display. Dancing lights: Photos below:

The sky was so perfect, just the last hint of daylight in the north, soon will be the time of the midnight sun. But for tonight there were so many stars and clear sky. The northern lights were pale across the sky, and for this moment the edge of the twilight, the northern lights and…

The northern lights were dancing in the twilight this evening. The bright twilight though was hiding them. The moon rose and it was bright, but some cloud turned up to cover exactly the brightest part of the twilight leaving  by now clearly visible northern lights somewhere to stand out. Ripples of light passed along the…

The moon was so bright and the last light of day was not going to give up to the sky of darkness. The northern lights were going to win the competition for brightness, I could not believe what I was watching. My shutter speed was down to one sixth of a second, so much light,…

Tonight the sky was so clear and bright, the moonlight was hiding behind most of the stars. The northern lights though were contributing to this beautiful night, a pale arc spanning the sky to the north. The landscape in the bright clear moonlight was so beautiful, the shadows of the trees stretching out over the…

The northern lights tonight were again out to defy the moonlights domination of the night sky. The northern lights brightened and faded a few times but then created a green curving laser across the sky. Wow what sight this was! The best minds of fiction beaten by mother nature. Dancing lights:

The northern lights became visible when the sky darkened enough to see them. The crisp shape of the arc of the northern lights emerging from the remains of day light in the dusk sky. Again they crept south getting higher in our landscape view as the evening progressed. We got 3 bright bursts of activity…

The northern lights were quite pale in the clear sky. The evening passed with just a few weak signs of life from the northern lights. They filled the sky but were so pale and to the eye not easy to see in the bright moon light. Then the huge arc of the northern lights almost…

Tonight the moon reached half full status, it was bright in the thin patchy cloud. The northern lights were further north, dancing over the hill tops on the horizon. There was though a huge pale band, a ghostly green arc through the camera of the northern lights. The moonlight was bright enough to almost hide…

The northern lights brightened and really came to life as we watched. Then one of the bands of green light began creeping south in our direction  weaving a little -like a snake-. It was fantastic viewing as it came nearer our location, then the end of it was above us. The end formed a back…

Tonight the treetops shadows stretched across the snow towards the northern lights. As twilight faded the northern lights hit full power. What a combination of moonlight, twilight and strong northern lights we got for the start of our night. Tall fingers of light reaching from the north southward, passing overhead on their journey to dominate…

The setting crescent moon was our early evening companion, the northern lights also were there to help brighten this perfect dark sky. The moon was hiding in the tree tops leaving us to watch the northern lights as they reached further south in perfect conditions. The tall streaks of light reaching ever higher into space…

This evening as the twilight faded the northern lights could be seen rippling across the clear sky. Through the camera such beautiful colours in the remaining pale light of the day. Then later a strong arc reached all the way across the now dark sky then it burst open and the northern lights pushed south…

The pale arc of the northern lights was across the sky. Then from among the tree tops in the west a brightness grew and from this tall pillars of northern lights danced across the perfect dark sky towards the east. Wow what a sight it was then more bands and curves combined to fill the…

The first burst of northern lights tonight came while the sky was still a little bright from the twilight of the day. This moment always gives such colour to the photographs. The northern lights brightened and faded over the evening creeping closer to the south as time progressed. Tall pillars of light creeping across the…

The northern lights brightened and faded over the evening as the sky cleared of the thin cloud we had started with. Some nice moments with the northern lights dancing around the thin stripes of wispy cloud. Then once the sky was clear the northern lights came a little further south and created a huge green…

A change of location from the perfect dark sky of our usual location, but the same northern lights are still there for us to share with you all. The northern lights tonight were in for a late finale. They waited for the back drop of early dawn light. The northern lights brightness peaked a few…

We made good use of the journey out into the wilderness tonight. Stopping to take photographs at 3 different locations. With the last stop catching quite a bright burst of activity from the northern lights. From our final viewing place -the hill top- the northern lights continued to brighten and then fade: more photo opportunities.…

Tonight we spent the whole trip in the company of the northern lights. We stopped at 3 locations on the way out into the wilderness to take pictures and to watch the display and they just kept on moving around the sky. From our hill top viewing place we continued to enjoy the display as…

As we stood watching the northern lights a shooting star cut all the way across the top of the northern lights. The shooting star just kept going without burning out. What a chance to make a wish! As so often the northern lights waited for everyone to be in around the fire before giving their…

Tonight the dark sky was a little hazy from time to time. The northern lights were really reluctant to perform. There were patches of green light from the northern lights and the fragments of the arc that we wanted to see brighten with dancing northern lights. From time to time the haziness vanished and the…

The sky tonight was perfect, so clear and dark with so many stars to look at. We stopped to catch our first sighting of the northern lights at one of our viewing spots. The arc of the northern lights visible across the sky. This was our first chance to get some photographs so cameras set…

The old wooden “kota” was our destination tonight, inside there with the door closed it is such a special place. I have been coming here almost every night for 8 months of the year for 6.5 years. It feels like home. So tonight my guests enjoyed food and hot drinks around the fire, then we…

I am pleased to welcome our visiting Dutch photographer Donald back. Some fantastic pictures of the northern lights coming up soon! Though last night I was at home some old friends joined the tour and I sadly missed them. It would have been nice to meet them again and catch up. The fireside was so…

Today we started the tour with a cloudy sky but still we were hoping that the sky opens and we could see the northern lights. As we were at our final destination it started snowing a little bit but we still did not loose our hope to see Auroras. Because of the weather we went…

The clouds just would not step aside for us to even see the full moon so the fireplace was the attraction again. We even thought we had time to share some Lappish shamanism, but when we were melting our tins the clouds began to break up. Then just as the last tin was dropped into…

Quite simply the fireside was the place to be tonight. The strong wind and wet snow was not so inviting. Though it did give the opportunity to demonstrate a little snow ball candle for our guests. The wind was dragging the cloud over the hill top and above us we could see it was trying…

Tonight as we gathered around the fire, we had time to share some Lappish shamanism. Once again our guests got the chance to revealed to them the things lurking in their futures, the positive things to look forward to. As hands holding the little horseshoes waiting for their chance to experience this tradition, in the…

The moon –though not yet a full moon– was so bright in the clear sky tonight. The shadows from the trees in the forest stretching along the snow covered forest. The whole landscape looked so mystical and magical tonight. What a fantastic night to be out chasing the northern lights. There was though time for…

The sky was hazy as we headed out into the wilderness. The moon had a large bright halo around it and what a feature in the sky this was. The glow of the fire was irresistible tonight, no sooner were the creation of the northern lights explained. We were around the fire and our faces…

Just as we were about to leave our base camp the arc of the northern lights reached across the sky, it was time to get to the top of the hill indeed. We arrived to our viewing spot and watched the northern lights brighten and fade. The cameras were busy from the moment we got…

We had just got to our hill top viewing spot and begun explaining the creation of the northern lights when they showed up. Tall shafts of brightness forming an arc across the sky, but through the camera what an amazing sight. So much colour in the photographs, our guests could not believe their luck we…

Well the northern lights were out to impress tonight, the promised cloud stayed away and the northern lights danced so brightly over our heads. Bright strips of light chasing each other around the sky above us, wow what a night this was in Lapland. The raw power and beauty of nature at its best for…

We spent the whole night under a perfect dark clear sky, the crescent moon set during the safari. The pale arc of the northern lights offered hope and we did not have too long to wait. The fireside had proved popular on this cool night, the alarm raised the firesides were abandoned for a view of…

Tonight the weather was so freezing at our Aurora location, that we needed to stay too close together for a Finnish taste. 😉 Freezing outside rewarded us though, we got to see the Northern Lights! On our tour, there’s always one of our Aurora experts outside keeping an eye at the sky, so our guests…

Tonight was a lucky night for both Aurora and wildlife sights in our wilderness location. We had plenty of time for photographing the Auroras, since they were staying around almost all night! After successful Aurora hunting, we got to meet two moose calves on our way back to office. Their mother would probably have been…

I always talk about the diversity of Auroras. I think that’s what makes them so beautiful – you’ll never see two exactly similar displays, so every experience is unique. We got plenty of time to enjoy and photograph Auroras tonight, since they were hanging around almost all night in different shapes and sizes. Around midnight,…

We have this word ”hulluntuuri” in Finnish language. It means, you get unexpectedly lucky. That sums up tonight’s Aurora hunting pretty well. Tonight reminded us once again, that you should take the chance to see the Auroras, even on a cloudy night. The weather forecast looked quite depressing, and I sat outside, looking at an…

The night seemed perfectly clear, and KP levels higher than usual, so we head Aurora hunting with excited smiles on our faces. We caught the first bits of green light at our secret location on our way to our base camp. The sky kept showing our cameras the beautiful green light all night, but we…

We didn’t even reach our magical hilltop location before the sky started to clear up. For some minutes, the sky created a hole, just the right size to see the green bridge going across the sky. It felt so magical – like the nature had known what we’re looking for. The display ended as quickly…

We arrived to our base camp to find the sky just starting to clear revealing such bright stars in a dark  black sky. The northern lights soon began to brighten and so as soon as we were ready we headed up the hill to our viewing location, the whole group had just arrived when the…

The fireside glow through the door of the khota illuminated the landscape, we were drawn inside by instinct, some strong natural force. The group sat around the fire and after a few stories we shared some Lappish shamanism, our future spelled out in the form of the tin and its shadow cast by torch light.…

Happy Valentine’s Day! What could be a better way to spend it, than admiring the beautiful northern nights skies with your loved ones, and gathering around the fire to enjoy some hot chocolate? Disappearance of the moon has revealed all of the stars on the sky – no way you could ever count them! There…

We went up the hill to get the best view into the North. As we arrived to the spot it started to snow, but we didn’t lose the faith in the Auroras. Together we had a good time around the camp fire, enjoying delicious BBQ and some Finnish traditions. Later in the evening the sky…

Tonight we made our way to our viewing spot, the path freshly opened through the deep fresh snow by a snowmobile. The firewood brought in and the fire lit while fireside traditions here were explained. The old wooden khota came to life, a story telling spell was cast over us tonight in the flickering firelight.…

In our secret mountain, we got amazingly clear sky compared to other parts of the area. The moon and stars were glowing beautifully from behind thin cloud cover, and we could even capture some pale green light with the camera lens. Everyone seemed to have great fun with our Finnish tradition, which reveals what the…

We arrived to our wilderness location to notice that our little hill top was fighting the cloud and trying to rip it open, the moon light showing up the thinner patches of clouds. We used the trees to shield us from the wind and watched the gaps in the cloud trying to open up while…

The dancing flames of the fire captured our attention, our faces illuminated in the orange fire light. The perfect atmosphere to share stories and facts about Finish Lapland. We had time to share some Lappish shamanism, that special moment to examine our futures for the positive things to come. Outside the landscape was illuminated by…

The moonlit landscape with its fresh covering of snow looked fantastic tonight under a clear sky. Just as we had arrived to our hill top and before we could get the camera set up the northern lights spread across the sky, bright orange/yellow bands of light moving about in the sky. In other areas of…

Auroras are always beautiful, a great wonder of nature – no matter the shape or colour. But tonight left us completely speechless! The lights first started to build as mild green horizontal stripes, as usual. Suddenly, it created a bright green bridge across the whole sky. This was followed by pink and green pilars falling…

There were fox paw prints in the fresh snow on our hilltop tonight, could it be the firefox visited here on its way to create the northern lights. If you stood in the correct place then the trail of paw prints in the snow went towards the northern lights as they moved around the moonlit…

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I stepped outside the teepee to take a look at the sky – a huge green dancing Aurora had appeared on the cloudy looking sky, out of nowhere! We were very busy whole night capturing this rapidly changing night sky – from completely cloudy, it turned completely clear! We…

The almost half moon became clear as the hazy cloud vanished, we arrived to our destination under a clear moonlit sky. We stared at the sky, this was our chance to study the sky and spot whatever was going on. The fire though was drawing us around it, a chance to warm some food over…

It had snowed all day so we were pleased to find that our pathways up and around the hill top had been opened up by snowmobile, thanks Veli. We watched the sky for signs of an opening in the cloud while the northern lights creation was explained, also searching for the tell tale green light…

The landscape was so fresh tonight under the cover of fresh wind blown snow, all of the old tracks had been filled in leaving a smooth unbroken surface to the snow covered landscape. The only tracks visible were very fresh, so we could see where the animals had been moving within the last hour but…

That night the KP index was very high, all Aurora Forecasts mobile apps kept sending messages about the big probability to see the Northern Lights. We were leaving Rovaniemi full of hopes! When we reached our secret spot and climbed uphill, the sky was covered with clouds. We still believed that the Auroras will cover…

The fireside was so popular tonight, the stars hiding from view. The glow from the birch wood fire lighting up our faces while we heated the food. Outside while checking the sky the smell of sausages cooking over the fire dragged the last of our visitors around the fire. The food and drinks enjoyed we…

Have you ever thought how do our traditional biscuits ”korppu” taste like, with some grilled marshmallows on top of it? Tonight we found out, and it’s amazing! Besides the delicious barbeque and old Finnish traditions, we showed to our clients, we had the most magical location for seeing the Auroras! The sky seemed cloudy everywhere…

We stopped to check the sky at our usual viewing spots along our route out into the wilderness, at the first place we could see a pale arc of the northern lights reaching across the hazy sky. When we stopped at our second spot the sky was clear, and the arc of the northern lights…

Tonight the hazy cloud came and went, the so bright stars in the dark black sky and the milky way so clear from time to time. We were outside watching the sky when it was clear and when it was hazy the fireside was the place to be. We had time tonight to share our…

It was snowing as we left town and headed out into the wilderness, the fresh snow was blown by the wind to fill in all the old animal tracks leaving a smooth perfect snow-covered landscape. At our destination, the snowing had stopped and the cloud was very thin, we kept an eye on the sky…

Usually, on cloudy nights, the clouds cover the Auroras – this time, the Auroras covered the clouds! We got to admire this very special and beautiful view of Auroras playing hide and seek. The sky cleared up during the night, and in the end, we got to enjoy a sky full of stars, with flaming green…

That night the Northern Lights were all over the sky! The pictures say more than words. Just look!  

Another beautiful night, here at the Arctic Circle. Try to hear nature, smell the bone fire, taste the cold air and just relax. Let the wilderness offer you the most pristine experience, which will stay with you for a really long time, and you would love to be back. The pictures come from our archive.

This was a beautiful Lappish night, with plenty of fresh snow and the moon shining out of hiding. Just when we arrived in Katkavaara the sky started to open up every now and then, and we could admire the stars. After explaining the Northern Lights phenomenon we enjoyed our BBQ in a wooden teepee. Calm…

Every night we see some sort of light. Once the sky is on fire, with different shades of green, red or purple flares, and you almost feel as if they were touching you. Once the lights are rather pale, and you can experience more the unique feeling of being in the middle of the wilderness…

As soon as we left foggy Rovaniemi and headed up to Katkavaara, the sky became perfectly clear. We climbed up our little hill to enjoy the Milky Way galaxy, something that is never visible in the city lights polluted areas. What a view! I explain the Northern Light phenomenon and set the cameras. Now, everything…

Tonight we were already excited about the perfectly clear sky when we started our northern lights hunting. At our first stop, we saw all these beautiful stars on the night sky but the northern lights were too shy to show up. While heading to our destination I noticed the activity getting stronger. We went to…

It was not the night of the clearest sky, but this did not interrupt the Northern Lights to give us one of the most spectacular shows during recent days! Just after arriving at our perfect spot in Kätkävaara nature welcomed us with a fantastic performance, which got only stronger and stronger as the night developed.…

We arrived at our viewing spot under a cloudy sky, the brightness of the moon visible in the southwest through the cloud. By the time the camera was set up and the explanation of the creation of the northern lights was underway, the stars started to appear above us and as we watched the whole the…

Even on such a special night as Christmas Night, we went for a hunt. When everybody was waiting for Santa to come and bring gifts, we were waiting for the Northern Lights to show up. The night was exceptionally bright, yet a bit cloudy. But we did it! For many, this was the ideal Christmas…

As the sun set and the sky got dark it was once again time for the guides at Lapland Welcome to prepare for a night of chasing the Northern Lights. Guests were arriving at the office, getting geared up to brave the cold weather and off we went on our bus to Kätkävaara. When we…

We watched the sky carefully both with our eyes and through the camera, searching for signs of the northern lights. Soon though the glow of the fire from inside the kohta was too inviting, we went in leaving the falling snow to cover our tracks. The food and warm drinks enjoyed in the flickering light…

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We arrived to our destination under a dark sky, no stars to be seen. As we set out to walk to our viewing spot the first stars were starting to stand out if a little fuzzy. The hazy cloud was slowly releasing its grip on the sky, the fuzzy stars becoming brighter and so clear…

Our beautiful snow covered mountain is such a good spot to wait for a sight of the northern lights. The thin hazy cloud was hiding the stars to start with but the glow of the fire through the TP doorway was drawing us in, a Finish fireside experience awaited inside. Our hill top was not…

We stopped at our first usual checking spot for the northern lights to find a pale but clearly visible arc of the northern lights reaching across the sky. As it is our job to show our visitors what there is to see, we did exactly that and showed them. So cameras ready to go we…

We worked our way out into the wilderness under a cloudy snowing sky, just a few fresh hoof and paw prints in the fresh snow on the roads. We were soon at our viewing location with me explaining the northern lights creation in the falling snow, as we watched the sky the glow of the…

Tonight as we headed out of town, we again had a bus and this gave time while under street lighting to set up all of our visitors cameras ready. We arrived to our first checking spot to see the arc of the northern lights reaching across the sky, time for our first photo shoot and…

Tonight as we headed out into the wilderness leaving the street lights behind us we could see bright stars in a clear dark sky. We climbed up to the top of our hill under bright sparkling stars in a black sky, what a contrast. While we watched the sky some bright shooting stars streaked across…

We arrived to our viewing spot and before anything else I set up the camera to check the cloudy sky for signs of northern lights, Wow the whole sky was green. The colour of the northern lights was coming through the cloud in all directions, north, east, west and even the south, what a display…

The fireside set the scene for a shared experience in the wilderness, a group of travelers from all over the globe gathered together around the fire in the kohta to share an experience. Our food selection impressed our guests and when warmed over the fire it was enjoyed, warm berry juice was popular tonight. We…

Our time at our viewing spot started with explaining how the northern lights are created along with some folk law and language of the northern lights. Now while I was talking I was watching the sky for any signs of stars or northern lights activity, as I talked the glow of the fire grew brighter…