Northern Lights

It's dark, you're outside and everything is quiet. Suddenly, a flicker of light in the sky grabs your attention. Pale and modest at first, soon intense and vibrant, transforming the dark sky into a mighty display of nature's power. It’s hypnotic and impossible to ignore. But perhaps strangest of all: There is complete silence, while cascades of green, yellow, violet and red dance across the sky in silent harmony. It is like a mighty symphonic ballet with muted sound.

Hurtigruten’s Northern Lights Promise

One of your best chances of experiencing the Northern Lights is on a Hurtigruten voyage in the winter season. In fact, we're so confident that we have issued a Northern Lights Promise for our 12-day voyages between October and February. If you are unlucky enough that the Northern Lights don’t occur during your voyage, we will send you to try again next winter for FREE! This is a great way to experience the magic of the Northern Lights while you enjoy a comfortable journey along over 780 miles of rugged Norwegian coastline.

Beyond science

The unearthly beauty of the aurora borealis (Northern Lights) mesmerises all who stay or travel in Polar Regions. Like most natural phenomena, it has a prosaic explanation: It is caused by electrically charged particles, high in energy, entering the Earth’s atmosphere. But that’s nowhere near explaining the impact it has on your memories and emotions.