When and where to see Northern Boreras

Dragons of fire furrowing the heavens of the north, dance spectra and viking gods fighting on the nights of the Arctic.These are some of the interpretations that have occurred to explain the northern lights, a light phenomenon that can be observed during the winter months along a strip that extends through Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, Iceland and Northfrom Norway, Finland and Russia.The scientific explanation is more prosaic, but no less interesting: upon reaching the earth, the loaded particles - protons, electrons and helium nuclei - that constitute the solar wind are diverted by the earth's magnetic field towards the polar regions - there are also aurorasAustrales in the southern hemisphere - where they collide with the high layers of the atmosphere emitting energy in the form of light, something similar to what happens in a fluorescent tube.

It was Galileo Galilei who baptized them as northern light.The best time to see northern lights goes from October to March, although in places like Greenlandia they are already beginning to be seen since August.Against what many believe, the greatest concentration of northern lights does not occur in the poles, but in an oval strip that surrounds them something further south, coinciding more or less with polar circles.

Norway

One of the best places to observe this phenomenon is northern Norway: Tromsø, the Lofoten Islands or cities such as Kirkenes or Alta, in the province of Finnmark, have daily flights from Oslo, warm and comfortable hotels and tourist service companies thatThey know the optimal places to contemplate them.Alto is also known for its Sorrisniva Igloo Ice hotel, which will reopen its doors for this winter on December 15.Norwegian flies between Madrid and Alta, with a scale in Oslo, from 296 euros, round trip.The Hurtigruten shipping has just started its winter cruise season with Northern Light Promise lab.

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Iceland

Each year Iceland receives more visitors (in 2017 there were almost 2.2 million), attracted by their spectacular waterfalls and glaciers, their petrified lava moors, geysers, active volcanoes and thermal lagoons.In winter, climatic conditions are harder and many roads are closed by time, but in return there are northern lights, especially in the north of the island.It is not necessary to get away from Reykiavik to see them: the Graótta lighthouse in Seltjarnarnes or the Oskjuhlid forest hill are two good observatories.Another possibility is to take refuge in some rural accommodation and wait for the show to occur.Some hotels offer a alarm clock if northern lights appear in the middle of the night while the customer sleeps.Norwegian flies in winter to Reykiavik from Madrid and Barcelona from 130 euros, round trip.

Finland

In addition to being the happiest country in the world, according to the latest United Nations report, northern Finland brings together the optimal conditions to see Auroras.Among the Japanese, the legend runs that aakers wrapped up for their light brings good luck, and that the children of the boreal revolcones come out of the percentile.Therefore, many Japanese couples choose Finland to celebrate their honeymoon in winter.Half an hour by car from the ivalo airport, Puerta to the Finnish Lapia, the Kakslauttanen Hotel in Saariselkä offers accommodation in Iglús made of thermal glass to see the lights of the north from the bed from the bed.

Greenland

Kanggerusuaq, a population on the west coast of Greenland with three hundred days of clear skies per year and the only international airport of the island, is one of the places in the world where there is the greatest probability to see Boreales.In Ilulissat, a population of 4.700 inhabitants lost at one end of the disc bay, about 300 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, is the Arctic Hotel.In addition to the rooms and suites in the main building, its five metal iglus are perfect spaces for those who want to stay near the icy fjord of Ilulissat declared world heritage by UNESCO.Each Iglú has capacity for two people.

Canada and Alaska (USA)

In Canada, cosmopolitan cities and almost unexplored territories converge, with more than 200 protected natural spaces that cover from the waterfall mount.Yellowknife, the remote capital of the Northwest territories;Churchill, in the Bay of Hudson, in Manitoba, and the Yukón region, a territory almost as large as Spain but with only 34.000 border inhabitants with Alaska, attract the aurora hunters in winter.Artic Kingdom, based in Toronto, organizes snow motorcycle safaris through the remote regions of Nunavut and Baffin Island, polar bears and stays in accommodations such as Yellowknife Lodge, a shelter away from bustle and light pollution, forSee the show in the front row.On weekends from December to March, the Alaska Winter Snow Train, better known as El Train de las Auroras, travels through the snowy landscapes of Alask200 times a year).

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