Norway Northern Lights: Dancing Auroras & Ancient Culture

Name: Norway Northern Lights: Dancing Auroras & Ancient Culture
Start: 2025-01-30T16:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-02-03T11:00:00+01:00
Location: Berlin Brandenburg Airport

Hosted By

Maddy S. and 2 others

Norway Northern Lights: Dancing Auroras & Ancient Culture

Details

Journey to the far reaches of beautiful Norway in Winter to witness one of the most spellbinding phenomena in the natural world by night.

HOW DO I JOIN THIS TRIP?

For more detailed info & to get entry for this trip, click on link below 👇🏽:

https://nl-norway-30jan2025.eventbrite.de/?aff=meetup

Note: Flights inclusive price can be provided on request, so you can comment personally in order to get more details on it.

WHY GO?
What better way to experience the Aurora Borealis aka Northern lights than in the city of northern lights, Alta. In Norwegian, Eventyr means both 'adventure' and 'fairy tale.' This is the perfect word to describe Alta, as it is a perfect place for active adventures in the mountains, forests and fjords that are reminiscent of fairy tale landscapes. The cold and long winters provide excellent conditions for dog sledding, skiing, snowmobiling, and other adventure activities. A modern city in Northern Norway surrounded by the arctic tundra and mountains, Alta is the ideal combination of natural and urban elements.
The celestial dance of lights, known as Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, is a phenomena as old as Earth’s atmosphere. The first record of Aurora Borealis is believed to be in a 30,000-year-old cave painting in France. Since then, cultures around the world have marveled at its magic, giving rise to many fascinating legends and folklore.
In Norway alone, symbols linked to the northern lights are found on the Sámi shamanistic drum. They call it “Guovssahas,” i.e. “the light that can be heard.” During the Viking Age, the northern lights were said to be the armor of the Valkyrie warrior virgins that shed a strange flickering light. Today, locals respectfully refer to the lights as “the green lady.”

What is included?

Community leader & guide for the entire duration. Note: English is the main language spoken on this trip.
4 x nights shared accommodation in Alta and you can find pictures of the accommodation here. Note: Additional accommodation upgrade options to a hotel are available under add-on's.
4 x nights Northern lights hunting with guide.
4 x days vegan / vegetarian breakfast spread (Consists of Milk and / or Oat Milk, Eggs, Bread, Cereals, Cheese Spreads, Vegetables, fruits, Yoghurt). Note: Vegetables based on availability.
Unlimited snacks provided for the roadtrip.
Upto 4 x dinners included during the trip (vegan & vegetarian options are available)
Transportation for the entire trip.
Entry to Alta museum - World Heritage Rock Art Centre.
Entry to Northcape museum (weather permitting).
Road trip to Northcape - Northernmost point of Europe (weather permitting).
Road trip to Karasjok(weather permitting).
Guided tour of Sami Parliament in Karasjok
Short tour of Alta (time permitting).

Optional Activities (More details on these will be shared closer to the trip date for booking).

Visiting Ice Hotel
Husky Sledding
Snow mobile
Snow Shoeing
Whale watching (maybe possible)
More optional activities to be advised closer to the trip date

How to get to Alta?

Alta can easily be reached via a 2-hour direct flight from Oslo with plenty of flights leaving every day (please book this asap).Alta is also just 40 mins by flight from Tromso.
For those travelling from Europe and looking to avoid flights, there is an option of a mix of train & buses. You will be travelling on the the famous Arctic Express train (Sleeper option) from Stockholm to Narvik (Norway). Reach out to us if you wish to use this option and we can organize this for you, please however note that this option is not the cheapest option to get to Alta and takes upto 2 days from Stockholm to get to Alta.

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