Strong. Visible overhead from 22:40.
Nine glass cabins at the edge of the Arctic, built for one thing: lying down and watching the lights come in.
Check the forecastAurora sits on a working sheep farm forty minutes north of the last town, at the end of a road the council stops ploughing in October. That is the point: there is no light here that we did not bring ourselves.
The Hansen family has farmed this shoreline for five generations. In 2017 they built the first glass cabin for a visiting astronomer, and she refused to leave.
Strong. Visible overhead from 22:40.
Clear to the horizon in every direction.
No moon until 04:10. Bring the long lens.
Every stay comes with a guide who reads the sky for a living — and wakes you when it starts.
A roof that is one sheet of heated glass. Sleeps two.
€420 / nightGeodesic, wood-fired, forty steps from the water.
€360 / nightHighest point on the property, private hot tub, no neighbours.
€540 / nightA guide watches the sky all night. If it starts, a soft light comes on beside your bed.
Down suits, wool layers, boots and a tripod, sized for you and waiting in the cabin.
A floating sauna on the fjord, fired at four every afternoon. The plunge is optional.
Lamb from the farm, cod from the boat, three courses at one long table.
An hour on snowshoes with someone who can name every star you point at.
We collect you from Tromsø airport and bring you back. No hire car, no ice driving.
“I have chased the lights in four countries. This is the only place I saw them from under a duvet.”
“The light came on at 2:14. We were outside in ninety seconds and did not come back in until five.”
“Our daughter still calls it the house with the sky for a ceiling.”
Prices are per cabin, for two guests, with everything on this page included.
A fast escape with a fair chance of a show.
Our most booked stay, and the one we would choose.
Long enough to stop checking your phone.
Nobody can promise that honestly. Between October and March the lights are visible here on roughly seven nights in ten, and stays of four nights or more carry our guarantee.
Between minus five and minus twenty. The cabins are heated through the floor and the glass, and we supply all outdoor clothing.
Yes, from age six. Two cabins have a second bedroom, and the guides are very good at explaining space.
One bar, by the farmhouse door. There is wifi in the main house and deliberately none in the cabins.
One email on Thursdays with the week's aurora outlook and any cabins that have opened up.