During the summer months, you can experience up to 24 hours of sunlight above the Arctic Circle, which means more time to enjoy the sights and make new discoveries. When you plan your midnight sun adventure, think of Northern Norway as divided into six main areas: Helgeland, Bodø – Salten, Svalbard, Finnmark, Troms, Lofoten and Vesterålen.

The midnight sun in Norway

The earth is rotating at a tilted axis relative to the sun, and during the summer months, the North Pole is angled towards our star. That’s why, for several weeks, the sun never sets above the Arctic Circle.

The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon that occurs during the summer in places south of the Antarctic Circle and north of the Arctic Circle, including Northern Norway.

Like a prolonged sunset and sunrise all at once, this natural phenomenon colours heaven and earth in a reddish yellow light. Welcome to the land of the midnight sun.

Svalbard is the place in Norway where the midnight sun occurs for the longest period. Here, the sun doesn’t set between 20 April and 22 August.

Many sights and activities are open at night during these weeks’ endless days, so you can go midnight golfing, cycling, river paddling, or sea kayaking – or maybe just find a quiet spot to fish.

The midnight sun in Norway, you could see it in:

• The Arctic Circle: 12 June–1 July
• Bodø: 4 June–8 July
• The Lofoten Islands: 28 May–14 July
• Harstad: 25 May–18 July
• Vesterålen (Andenes): 22 May–21 July
• Tromsø: 20 May–22 July
• Vardø: 17 May–26 July
• Hammerfest: 16 May–27 July
• The North Cape: 14 May–29 July
• Svalbard: 20 April–22 August
  

Accessed: https://www.visitnorway.com/things-to-do/nature-attractions/midnight-sun/