November 2026

November 16th ...

• NO bookings so far ... so, what about a Private Aurora Chase Dinner with me as your chef ?
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• Aurora activity: /10.
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November 12th - Private Aurora Chase

• Guests / country: 2 guests from Australia.
• Weather Tromsø: Clear.
• Destination / weather: Sommarøy / Hella / clear.
• Aurora activity: 6/10.
• Aurora show: It started with a faint ark across the sky, then we got several stripes, curls, spikes and little dancing curls in pink and green.
• Visible for the naked eyes: Green and pink.
• Tour KM: 130.
• Tour hours: 5,5.
• Space show: A couple of fast shooting stars.

It was easy tonight with clear sky all over, so we headed SW towards Sommarøy and "my best location" was available, so we made the main stop there, with great view to all directions.

And when the activity got really bright it lit up the sea with green water ...

Most of the evening we relaxed around the camp fire, and shot pics now and then when something new shapes arrived, and then it went quiet, so we left quite early, but the chase is not over before my guests are back in bed.

So, I decided to drive the "long way" back to the city, around the south part of the island of Kvaløya, just in case, and for looking for moose and reindeers ... but, it has been very quiet re; wildlife the last weeks ...

But, it was good timing, since when we stopped at Hella, where I showed my guests the rock carvings, then suddenly Lady Aurora was back with her performance and we got a little dancing show.

After dropping off my guests at the cruise ship, and when I drove home, then of course a small group of reindeers showed up ...

November 11th

• Guests / country: 1 guest from Germany.
• Weather Tromsø: Part clear.
• Destination / weather: Rekvikeidet / Grøtfjord / clear.
• Aurora activity: 6/10.
• Aurora show: All over and little towards south, curls, spikes and little dancing curtains.
• Visible for the naked eyes: Green and pink.
• Tour KM: 105.
• Tour hours: 5,5.
• Space show: One shooting star and a long falling fireball.

After a week with a lot of rain, strong wind and the last days with heavy snowfalls, we have been in Finnish Lapland many evenings in row ... so, it was great to just do a short chase out on the coast tonight.

And since I haven`t been to Grøtfjord area since September, this was the way to go tonight ... and the most lovely thing it was that we was close to alone out there, only two vans and me with a minibus, with only one guest.

I was first planned to stop down by the fjord, where the mountains are surrounding us, but when my good colleague Dan, in https://www.arcticx.no called me and told that he was alone at the mountain plateau, Rekvikeidet, then I changed my plan and drove to join him.

I fear little that a 50-seats bus with its crowdy masses should destroy the silence, but as long we was there, it was only us; 11 pax ... Dan and his 8 guests, and me and my guest.

In the minute we arrived, the faint ark low on the north sky created a lovely show all over the sky, with several colors on the camera, and it got better and better, and this location is the right place to be when Lady Aurora give one of her best performance, with a lovely 360 degrees view.

We stayed there about 1,5 hours before we backtracked little down to the fjord for getting an different background for our pics, but then the activity was faded out ... but, this was not a problem for us two, since we already had a nice evening out and got the pics we wanted, so we returned back to the city early, after this lovely photo shooting in silence ...

November 9th

• Guests / country: 12 guests from Germany, Italy, France, India, Brasil, Singapore and USA. 
• Weather Tromsø: Gaps in the clouds / snow.
• Destination / weather: Finnish Lapland +30 km / Finnish border / part clear / cloudy / clear.
• Aurora activity: 7/10.
• Aurora show: All over and little towards the south, spikes, curls and little dancing curtains.
• Visible for the naked eyes: Bright green and little pink.
• Tour KM: 385.
• Tour hours: 9,5.
• Wildlife: One fox and hundreds of Reindeers.
• Space show: The planets Mars & Jupiter close to each other, and a couple of nice shooting stars.

Tonight I could do it short and easy, after several nights to Finnish Lapland, but I didn`t took the chance with the unstable weather conditions on the coast ... but, it got okey sky there too, so the guides who went out there got the first Aurora show 6.30-7.30 pm which we missed while we was driving through heavy snowy weather east of the Lyngen Alps.

It was also quite tricky driving conditions with plus degrees and ice & slush on the roads ...

We arrived the Finnish border, but incoming clouds and snow destroyed the sights, so I just pushed on further into Finnish border and +10 km in Kilpisjärvi I had to make a quick stop, since tonight`s show no. 2 started, and it was a very bright one, and little pink too ...

But, of course, when it increased and got better, a huge massive cloud covered the north sky, so we contiuned and ended up at Keinovuopio, by the Swedish- Finnish border river, where the sky was close to 100% clear, but the activity was slowing down, and the Northern Lights got faint ...

And then after a while when it went little brighter again, it created a strange line across the whole sky from east to west, but nothing more action really happened ... but, in situations like this, I can`t really leave ... Aurora Addicted as I am ... so, I told my guests that we had to stay to midnight, see and wait since you never knew what will happens.

A couple of other guides left around 11 pm, so then we was totally alone out there in the silence ...

It was also very special to get a very bright Mars up low on the east sky, and then Jupiter which is super bright was following after ...

At midnight we left, but I let my guests keep theirs tripods, since I told them that we probably had to stop again at the border, if this suddenly should explode ... which it did, so we got a lovely final show until 1 am.

I wish I had stay little longer, but my body was knocked, so then I had to think about the safe drive back to the city, in even more tricky driving conditions than on the way out ...

But, just after a few km drive we had to stop again ... not cause of the Northern Lights, but hundreds of reindeers was blocking the road ... so, why this is happening ?

In this plus minus weather, when the new wet snow don`t sets on the roads, they`re using salt for make the driving conditions safer ... and who love salt ? The Reindeers ;)

So, in three groups they was blocking the road, which gave us a great opportunity to film the lovely chaos which pleased my guests very much, so please check GG Insta & FB album for the videos.

And when we contiuned, probably tonight`s best Aurora show started with lovely pink dancing and Aurora all over the sky ... which we got as a TV screen view through the front shield.

Returned back to the city at 3.30 am, and I was back home on my island one hour later ... ready for a long sleep on my day off.

November 7th - Private Aurora Chase

• Guests / country: 2 guests from USA.
• Weather Lauklines: Cloudy / heavy rain and strong wind.
• Destination / weather: Finnish Lapland +55 km / part clear / haze.
• Aurora activity: 6/10.
• Aurora show: All over and far south, curls, spikes and curtains. Little dancing.
• Visible for the naked eyes: Faint green and a hint of red glowing.
• Tour KM: 490.
• Tour hours: 8,5.

We missed out tonight`s best show which started around 8.30 pm ... if we should reach this we had to start 1,5 hour earlier ...

I thought I should have three nights off after canceling Friday`s night chase cause no bookings, but when I got a request for a Private Chase on Saturday, I try to be very flexible for give my service to people who really like my work.

So, I left my home early so I could do some grocery shopping too, and then a quick dinner on my way, before I headed SW of the city, to Kattfjord and https://lauklines.no on the way towards Sommarøy, where my two guests from Minnesota stayed.

Left from there just after 6 pm and passed the city 40 mins later, and headed straight towards east ... and after passed "hundreds" of other guide buses, which was packed on all the other parking spots, I found a cosy location in the forest, by the border river of Swedish- and Finnish Lapland.

I am selling silence, so I could never be stopping at a spot where several big buses had stopped ... and this I don`t really understand ...

Several companies are selling a chase for 16 guests in a minibus, or even worst, they are selling 8 seats in a van ... and I guess the small vans tours are so popular since theirs guests think they will be alone outdoors ... and then they are stopping at a huge parking spot where there`s already 2-3 big buses and several minibuses ...

Ergo: It can be several hundreds people on the same spot and they have to stay in queue for see the Northern Lights and taking pictures ...

It`s only a few times I have to stop there too, if there`s only one clear spot for see Aurora, but in general, and same this night, I had to drive further for find me a spot for my guests only.

After being in contact with a couple of my colleagues; Dan in https://www.arcticx.no and Trine in https://tromsofriluftsenter.no I heard the sky was 90% clear 40 mins before we arrived the area, which was lovely news.

But, when we stopped we only saw a few stars through the haze ... so, then I had to load up little patience for my guests, since they didn`t thought they should see so much.

It was activity all over the sky, but it was faint ... but, after a while the sky got better, and then the stripe on the south sky began to flow up ... and we got a lovely show ;)

11.30 pm my guests was happy, so we began the long drive back to the rainy coast, and it was a little hard drive cause snow, ice and slush, plus wind and snow in the air ... so, several new guide / drivers was driving too slow, so then I just passed them elegant so we came faster forward ...

My guests was back at 3 am, and I could park the bus home 1,5 hours later.

November 5th

• Guests / country: 2 guests from USA. 
• Weather Tromsø: Cloudy / rain.
• Destination / weather: Skibotndalen valley / Finnish Lapland +5 km / part clear / haze / cloudy / 100% clear.
• Aurora activity: 9/10.
• Aurora show: All over and far south, curls, spikes and intense Pink dancing curtains, and a small corona.
• Visible for the naked eyes: Green / pink.
• Tour KM: 325.
• Tour hours: 8,5.
• Space show: Several bright shooting star and a huge bright orange fireball (meteorite).

Tonight I followed my plan and shouldn´t do the same "mistake" I did last night ...

So, cause the lowest price on diesel in the city for a while, "only" NOK 27,60 per liter, I choosed to fill the tank in Tromsø, and at the same time my guests used the toilet at the gas station too, so then we was ready to drive far, without any stops.

My plan was again Finnish Lapland, but so far we didn`t came, since it was a huge show started just after 8 pm, so in the Skibotndalen valley I had to pull off and into one of my favorite locations down in the valley, and it was good the sky was nice and clear there, since as soon we jumped out of the bus, The Lady danced crazy over our heads.

The sky remain nice and clear for a while, so I decided to stay there and was hoping the clouds agree with me ... but, no ... after that I set camp fire and served my guests hot drinks and some local snacks, the clouds arrived ...

I decided to stay little longer, since I know very well that the clouds in this valley can dissapear suddenly as they came ... but, not tonight, so I packed down and we contuined the drive towards the border, and a couple of km inside I decided to join an other guide on the same big parking spot, where we stayed with a good distance away from each other.

The sky was super clear and the activity just got better and better, and from 11 pm it went crazy good.

Around the same time we got a huge fireball which crossed all over the north sky ... but, it was pity, since my camera was pointed towards the south sky ... it`s always great to get a pics of Aurora and a good fireball, but this one I missed.

November 4th

• Guests / country: 2 guests from Colombia.
• Weather Tromsø: Cloudy / rain.
• Destination / weather: The Finnish border / Finnish Lapland +65 km / gaps / haze / cloudy / clear.
• Aurora activity: 6/10 ... probably 7-9 if it was less clouds.
• Aurora show: All over and far south, curls, spikes and little dancing curtains.
• Visible for the naked eyes: White.
• Tour KM: 450.
• Tour hours: 8,5.
• Wildlife: One fox and one reindeer.
• Space show: Several nice and bright shooting stars.

I did it again !!!

The first plan was to drive straight and far inside Finnish Lapland, since the weather forecast said it should be the best clear sky there ... and it was.

But, after I did a quick stop just before the border for take me a pee ... the sky was suddenly clear with Aurora, and tonight`s show started just there at 8.45 pm, so I let my guests out so they could see it ...

And then we contiuned and stopped at three more locations since the activity was very good ... but, the clouds was following us .. so, we contiuned and now I shouldn`t stop before we had the perfectly clear sky ... and ended up at my first planned stop where the sky was totally clear.

The big show was over, but we got one more ... enough to make my guests happy, and that`s most important for me ... but, I was not really happy, since we could get much more if I had followed my first plan ...

Long drive and late back in the city as one of the last buses, but that`s what I am well known for ;)