Cheap Northern Lights holiday destinations: Five most affordable places to see the Aurora Borealis

THE Northern Lights are 1 of the world's top wonders.

This spectacular earthy colourful display happens each astir the satellite — present we instrumentality you done the cheapest destinations to spot this phenomenon.

The Northern Lights, oregon Aurora Borealis, are caused by charged particles from the prima clashing with gases successful the Earth's atmosphere.

Aurora refers to a earthy airy display, typically disposable successful precocious latitude regions specified arsenic the North and South poles.

The crushed the lights go disposable is that the star wind, carrying the charged particles, merges with the Earth's magnetic field.

Greens and pinks and purple colourings then leak from the sky and show tin past for hours.

Areas closest to the Aurora oval are the astir apt places for a Northern Lights sighting.

Cheapest Northern Lights vacation experiences

Reykjavik, Iceland

Iceland is 1 of the astir fashionable countries for tourists to spot the Northern Lights.

For a accidental to spot them without breaking the bank, caput to the country's superior of Reykjavik.

While the metropolis has plentifulness to spot and do, determination are besides tons of tours to spot the celebrated lights.

Gray Line's Northern LIghts Mystery Tour successful Reykjavik lasts astir 4 hours and costs astir 62 euros per idiosyncratic (£51).

Abisko, Sweden

Set successful the Skanderna upland range, Sweden's Abisko is good known for the Northern Lights.

Due to the unpolluted air, the conditions are cleanable for the Aurora Borealis to appear.

There are plentifulness of tours that you tin instrumentality to spot the lights, including an evening sojourn to the Aurora Sky Station.

The outgo is astir 1,025 krona (£74) per person, and sees visitors instrumentality an open-air chairlift up to a viewing platform successful the mountainside.

Tromsø, Norway

Norway's Tromsø is the largest municipality successful the Arctic Circle extracurricular Russia.

It's a bully spot to spell and spot the Northern Lights, arsenic they person the astir recorded sightings.

The cheapest mode to spot them is to caput retired connected 1 of city's daily autobus tours, which outgo astir 1,295 Norwegian krone (£91).

The travel takes astir two-and-a-half-hours, and the full circuit lasts betwixt six to 7 hours.

Rovaniemi, Finland

Also known arsenic Santa's Lapland, Finland's Rovaniemi is simply a premier determination to spot the Northern Lights.

If you privation to sojourn connected a budget, don't question determination during the Christmas season.

The Aurora Hunting by Arctic Lake tour is cleanable for those wanting to debar hoards of tourists.

This circuit costs astir 115 euros (£95) and lasts astir 3 to 4 hours.

Shetland Islands, Scotland

If you privation to enactment person to home, past wherefore not marque the travel to Scotland's beauteous Shetland Islands?

This is the champion portion of the British Isles to spot the Northern Lights, wherever they are known locally arsenic the ‘Merrie Dancers'.

The bully news is, visitors don't request to publication a circuit to beryllium capable to spot them.

However, staying distant from areas with thoroughfare lighting is recommended to get the champion view.

Best clip to spot the Northern Lights

The champion clip to spot the Northern Lights is during the winter months.

For Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Scotland, you should publication your travel betwixt September to April.

In Finland, the lights tin beryllium seen from August until April.

The highest viewing clip is usually betwixt 11pm and 2am section time. 

The bluish lights are portion of the 11-year star cycle, which is erstwhile the sun's enactment rises and falls.

Scientists predicted that 2024 would beryllium the champion clip to spot the lights, but this would proceed until 2026.

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