{"id":3176,"date":"2019-12-19T15:59:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T15:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/?post_type=aktiviteter&#038;p=3176"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:05:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:05:01","slug":"northern-lights-in-lyngenfjord","status":"publish","type":"aktiviteter","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/aktiviteter\/northern-lights-in-lyngenfjord\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyngenfjord has a stable climate for Northern Lights watching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-ingress\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vnn__ingress\">\n\t\t\t\tSome areas of Lyngenfjord are bone dry, and among the driest in all of Northern Scandinavia\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Lyngen Alps create a rain shadow effect, making some of the areas around the southern and eastern side of the Lyngen Fjord the driest in the country. The same goes for some inland valleys in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"6346\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/001277_Shigeru-Ohki_www.nordnorge.com_-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6346\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"6347\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/001268_Shigeru-Ohki_www.nordnorge.com_-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6347\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"6348\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/001270_Shigeru-Ohki_www.nordnorge.com_-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6348\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\" alignwide wp-block-vnn-booking\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vnn-booking__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lyngenfjord.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vnn-booking__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visit Lyngenfjord<\/h2>\n\n<p>The local tourist board works intensely with the Northern Lights <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button link-to-booking-provider-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/visit-lyngenfjord.com\/en\">Visit Lyngenfjord<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"vnn__byline vnn-grid has-author has-date has-tags\"><div class=\"vnn__byline-meta\"><div class=\"vnn__byline-author\">Written by arild<\/div><div class=\"vnn__byline-date\">December 19, 2019<\/div><div class=\"vnn__byline-date\">Last updated September 1, 2025<\/div><\/div><div class=\"vnn__byline-tags\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_se-og-gjore=activities\" rel=\"tag\">Activities<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_se-og-gjore=attractions\" rel=\"tag\">Attractions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_se-og-gjore=northern-lights\" rel=\"tag\">Northern Lights<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_omrder=lyngenfjord\" rel=\"tag\">Lyngenfjord<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_sesonger=autumn\" rel=\"tag\">Autumn<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_sesonger=winter\" rel=\"tag\">Winter<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":6017,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","vnn_header_layout":"featured","vnn_header_layout_image_id":6017,"vnn_header_layout_image_focal_point_x":0.6,"vnn_header_layout_image_focal_point_y":0.80037313432836,"vnn_header_layout_description":"","vnn_header_layout_url":"","vnn_header_layout_url_text":"","vnn_header_layout_photographer":"\u00a9 B\u00e5rd L\u00f8ken","vnn_header_layout_video_id":"","vnn_header_layout_yt_id":"","vnn_header_layout_vimeo_id":"","teft_location_geodata_lat":69.375959674098,"teft_location_geodata_lng":20.275268554688,"teft_cards_image_id":6017,"teft_cards_image_focal_point_x":0.545,"teft_cards_image_focal_point_y":0.5839552238806,"teft_cards_title":"","teft_cards_excerpt":"","footnotes":""},"todo":[2,43,38],"facilities":[],"season":[6,16],"region":[69],"malgrupper":[40],"class_list":["post-3176","aktiviteter","type-aktiviteter","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","todo-activities","todo-attractions","todo-northern-lights","season-autumn","season-winter","region-lyngenfjord","malgrupper-bucket-list-betty"],"feature_media_url":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/001305_Baard-Loeken_www.nordnorge.com_Storfjord.jpg","vnn_map_marker_category":{"id":"","name":"","slug":"","icon":"","parentIcon":"","parent":"Activities"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.5 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lyngenfjord has a stable climate for Northern Lights watching - Arctic Norway<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lyngenfjord is found in the rainshadow east of the Lyngen Alps, and thus has plenty of clear skies. 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