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The best night of the year to see the northern lights
Why our designers chase darkness rather than snow, and the nights they quietly hold for guests each winter.
Most people chase the aurora in the depths of winter, wrapped in every layer they own and hoping for luck. Our designers chase something else entirely: darkness.
The northern lights are always there. What changes is whether you can see them. A clear sky, a new moon and distance from the glow of any town matter far more than the coldest week of the year. That is why we plan around the lunar calendar first, and the weather forecast second.
The lights are always there. The art is in being somewhere dark enough to see them.
In late winter, when the nights are still long but the worst of the cold has passed, we place guests in glass-roofed cabins far from the nearest road. A guide watches the sky through the night, so you can sleep until the moment it begins.
Written by
The Bellora Atelier
