"Northern lights (Aurora Borealis)" Top 5 Page for this destination Kiruna Things to Do Tip by loisl

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"Lucky to see"....
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Northern lights, mostly called aurora, are the fluttering lights that can be observed in the sky over the northernmost parts of the world. A similar light is located over the southernmost parts of the world; it is called southern lights. Together the northern- and southern lights are called polar lights.

Address: everywhere, but more often high up in the north
Directions: The Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) has a very informative website about northern lights, see link below
Website: http://www.irf.se/