Follow the Northern Lights: Helsinki to Oslo by Land and Sea
An escorted winter journey from the Finnish capital through Lapland to Kirkenes, five nights on the Coastal Express south to Bergen, then the fjords and the Flåm Railway to Oslo. Twelve departures from October 2027 to March 2028, from £4,237 per person.
Finnish Lapland, the Arctic coast and the western fjords in one winter journey
Duration14 days, 13 nights
RouteHelsinki to Oslo
ShipsCoastal Express, ship varies by date
SeasonOctober 2027 to March 2028
From£4,237 pp
Most people come to the Arctic for the Northern Lights and see it from one place. This tour sees it from several. You start in Helsinki, travel north by train to Rovaniemi, cross Finnish Lapland by coach with nights among the forests and fells, and reach the Norwegian coast at Kirkenes, a few kilometres from the Russian border. From there a Hurtigruten ship carries you south down the whole Arctic coast to Bergen, and the last two days take you through the fjords and over the mountains to Oslo.
It is an escorted tour. An English-speaking tour manager meets the group in Helsinki and stays with you to the end, on land and on board. Hurtigruten says groups are usually around 20 to 30 guests. You still have free time in most places, but the trains, coaches, hotels, safaris and transfers are all arranged and someone is always on hand to sort out the details, which in a Lapland winter is worth a great deal.
£4,237per person, from
Twelve departures from Helsinki between 7 October 2027 and 21 March 2028
The cabin category you choose refers to your cabin on the ship. The price covers the whole package as described below, including eight hotel nights, the land travel and the included excursions, per person sharing and without flights.
Why This Tour
Three countries' worth of winter in a fortnight
The first five days belong to Finland. Helsinki is a calm, walkable capital to begin in, and the train ride north to Rovaniemi shows the country changing outside the window, from lakes and farmland to snow-heavy pine and spruce forest. In Lapland you meet the animals that make winter life possible here: the huskies at a kennel outside Rovaniemi, and the reindeer herded by Sámi families around Saariselkä. One night is spent at the Northern Lights Village, where you sleep in an Aurora Cabin or glass igloo and can watch the sky from your bed.
Day five crosses into Norway. After the Sámi museum at Inari you reach Kirkenes, tour the Snowhotel, taste king crab fresh from the Barents Sea and sleep in a traditional gamme cabin. The next day you board the Coastal Express. Southbound from Kirkenes, the ship calls at the fishing towns of eastern Finnmark, rounds the top of Norway past Honningsvåg and Hammerfest, reaches Tromsø in the evening and then threads through Vesterålen, the Raftsund and Lofoten. After crossing the Arctic Circle it follows the Helgeland coast to Trondheim and on to Bergen.
The last stretch is a winter version of one of Norway's classic journeys. You take the train from Bergen to Voss, a coach down to Gudvangen and a ferry along the Nærøyfjord to Flåm, and the next day ride the Flåm Railway up to Myrdal and continue across the mountain plateau to Oslo. In snow, with the waterfalls half frozen, it is a very different experience from the summer crowds.
Above all, almost every night of this tour is spent under a dark Arctic sky. From Rovaniemi to Tromsø you are well inside the auroral zone, and Hurtigruten includes Follow the Northern Lights among its Northern Lights Promise voyages for departures between 20 September and 31 March. We confirm it for your chosen date when you book. If you would prefer to travel the other way, the northbound Follow the Northern Lights starts in Oslo and ends in Helsinki.
The Ships
Southbound on the Coastal Express from Kirkenes to Bergen
The sea section of the tour is sailed on Hurtigruten's Coastal Express, the year-round service that still carries local passengers and freight between the towns of the Norwegian coast. Different ships sail the route depending on the date, and the fare table below shows which one is scheduled for each departure: MS Kong Harald, MS Nordlys, MS Nordkapp, MS Richard With, MS Nordnorge, MS Polarlys or MS Vesterålen. Whichever it is, you stay on the same ship from Kirkenes to Bergen.
On board the tour is full board, with breakfast, lunch and dinner each day in the main restaurant, where the cooking leans on fish and produce from the ports along the way. Drinks are not included. These are working ships rather than resort ships, with panoramic lounges facing forward, outside decks you can step onto the moment someone spots the aurora, and a crew who announce the Northern Lights over the loudspeakers when they appear. Your tour manager sails with you and helps with the shore excursions and timings. See life on board and your cabin on board for more.
Watch
The Northern Lights from a Hurtigruten ship
Hurtigruten's own short film of a winter voyage along the coast in search of the aurora, the heart of the sea section of this tour.
Video from Hurtigruten's official YouTube channel.
Your Journey
Day by day, Helsinki to Oslo
Fourteen days in three stages: five days overland through Finland to Kirkenes, five nights on the Coastal Express to Bergen, then the Norway in a Nutshell route to Oslo. Optional excursions during the voyage are listed under each day; they are booked and paid for separately, and we are happy to add them when you book. Some run only in certain months, which we have noted.
Day 1 · Arrive in Helsinki
Overnight · A centrally located hotel in Helsinki · Welcome dinner
You make your own way from the airport to the hotel, which is right in the centre. Depending on when you land there may be time for a first walk, and in the evening you meet your tour manager and the rest of the group over a welcome dinner at the hotel.
Helsinki was founded in 1550 by the Swedish king Gustav Vasa as a trading town to rival the Hanseatic ports across the Baltic, and became the capital in 1812. Much of the centre dates from the decades after that, which is why Senate Square and the white Lutheran cathedral above it look so ordered and neoclassical. Hurtigruten's highlights for this tour include getting to know the city with a local guide, with a visit inside the Rock Church and a stop at the Sibelius Monument. The Rock Church, or Temppeliaukio, was designed by the brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen and completed in 1969, its main hall cut straight into the granite bedrock under a copper dome. The Sibelius Monument, unveiled in 1967, is Eila Hiltunen's tribute to the composer, made from more than six hundred welded steel pipes. We will confirm on which day the guided city tour runs when you book.
Day 2 · By train to Rovaniemi
Helsinki · Rovaniemi · Overnight in a central hotel
Today is a long and rewarding train journey north, up most of the length of Finland. The lakes and farmland of the south give way to birch and then to deep Arctic forest, and by the time you arrive in Rovaniemi in the late afternoon you are in a different world. A transfer takes you to a hotel in the centre.
Rovaniemi is the capital of Finnish Lapland, set where the Ounasjoki river meets the Kemijoki. Very little of the old town survives, because around ninety per cent of its buildings were destroyed in the Lapland War at the end of the Second World War. The architect Alvar Aalto drew up the plan for its reconstruction in 1945, laying the main roads out like the antlers of a reindeer. Tonight is the first real chance of the Northern Lights, so look up before you go to bed.
Day 3 · Husky safari in Lapland
Rovaniemi · Overnight in Rovaniemi
After a relaxed morning you head out to a husky kennel for the included Born to Run experience. You learn how the dogs are raised, trained and cared for, then take a ride behind the team: on a sled if there is enough snow, or on a wheeled cart if there is not, since the kennel will not run the dogs on poor ground. Afterwards there is a simple soup lunch in a Lappish hut with a hot drink, and time with the dogs, who are generally delighted to see visitors.
The afternoon and evening are free, with optional local excursions available. The Arktikum, a museum and science centre on the riverbank, is the best place in town to learn about Arctic nature and the people of the north.
Day 4 · Santa Claus Village and a night in a glass igloo
Rovaniemi · Sodankylä · Saariselkä · Overnight at Northern Lights Village
A long coach journey takes you north into the fells. The first stop is Santa Claus Village, which sits on the Arctic Circle just outside Rovaniemi; entrance is included, and lunch here is at your own expense. Further on, the coach makes a short stop at the Old Church of Sodankylä. Built in 1689 of timber, it is one of the oldest preserved wooden churches in Finland and a quiet, simple building after the bustle of Santa's village.
In the late afternoon you reach Northern Lights Village outside Saariselkä, a small resort on the edge of the Urho Kekkonen National Park, and settle into a private Aurora Cabin or glass igloo. Dinner is in the hotel restaurant. Then you go out with Sámi guides on the included reindeer safari, which Hurtigruten describes as a chance to feed the reindeer and, weather permitting, ride in a reindeer sleigh, finishing round a fire in a kota, the traditional Lappish hut, with hot berry juice and smoked reindeer. If the sky clears later you may not need to leave your bed to see the aurora.
Day 5
Inari and the Sámi museum, then Kirkenes and the Snowhotel
Saariselkä · Inari · Kirkenes · Overnight in a Gamme Cabin
About an hour's drive north brings you to Inari on the shore of Lake Inari, the centre of Sámi life in Finland. Entrance to SIIDA, the Sámi museum and nature centre, is included, along with lunch. The museum was renovated and expanded recently and was named European Museum of the Year in 2024; it explains the culture, languages and reindeer herding traditions of the Sámi in a way that stays with you for the rest of the trip.
The road then crosses into Norway and reaches Kirkenes, on the Barents Sea close to the Russian border. The town was one of the most heavily bombed places in Norway in the Second World War, was liberated by Soviet forces in October 1944 and was rebuilt afterwards. At the Snowhotel Kirkenes you have a tour of the property, which includes reindeer and huskies, with entrance and a drink included. You can also join the included King Crab Experience, a presentation at the pier followed by a tasting. The red king crab was brought to the Barents Sea by Soviet scientists in the 1960s and is now a valuable catch here. Dinner is at Låven, the farmhouse restaurant, and the night is spent in a gamme cabin, built in the style of a traditional Sámi turf hut. Optional Northern Lights excursions may be available in the evening.
Day 6 · Kirkenes, embarkation and the Varanger coast
The morning is free. Then a coach takes the group to the Hurtigruten pier, where you check in and board the ship for the voyage south. The first call is Vardø, Norway's easternmost town, which lies further east than Istanbul. Its star shaped fortress, Vardøhus, is the most northerly in Norway, and on the shore stands the Steilneset Memorial to the victims of the seventeenth century witch trials of Finnmark, designed by Peter Zumthor with an installation by Louise Bourgeois. Hurtigruten notes that, weather permitting, there may even be a chance for a quick dip in the Arctic Ocean.
The ship reaches Båtsfjord in the evening and continues to Berlevåg, small fishing towns facing the open Barents Sea. Berlevåg's harbour is protected by huge breakwaters against some of the roughest seas on the coast, and its men's choir became famous across Europe through the documentary Cool and Crazy. Dinner is on board, and your first night at sea is spent watching the sky.
Day 7 · Honningsvåg, Hammerfest and an evening in Tromsø
During the night the ship calls at Mehamn on the Nordkinn Peninsula, whose tip, Kinnarodden, is the northernmost point of the European mainland; Hurtigruten lists an optional snowmobile excursion here. Then comes Honningsvåg on the island of Magerøya, the port for the North Cape, where the plateau ends in a cliff 307 metres above the sea.
Later the ship calls at Hammerfest. Like most of Finnmark, the town was burned by retreating German forces in the autumn of 1944 and rebuilt after the war. On the Fuglenes headland stands the Meridian Column, which marks the northern end of the Struve Geodetic Arc, a chain of survey points used in the nineteenth century to measure the size and shape of the earth and now on the UNESCO World Heritage list. The ship arrives in Tromsø late in the evening, with time for an optional Northern Lights concert. Tromsø is the largest city in northern Norway, and its Arctic Cathedral, completed in 1965 to a design by Jan Inge Hovig, glows across the water from the harbour.
Optional excursions
Breakfast at the North Cape From Honningsvåg. Hurtigruten lists this for September to October and April to August, so on this tour it applies only to the October 2027 departure. About 6 hours.
Mountain hike in Hammerfest A walk up above the town for the view. About 1 hour 30 minutes.
The Northernmost Town in the World An introduction to Hammerfest and its history. About 1 hour 45 minutes.
The ship arrives in Harstad in the morning. Here you can join the optional A Taste of Vesterålen excursion, or stay on board for the passage through Risøyrenna, a shallow channel dredged so that ships could pass between the islands. After a brief call at Risøyhamn comes Stokmarknes, where Richard With started the Hurtigruten coastal service in 1893; the Hurtigruten Museum on the quay tells the story.
In the afternoon the ship turns into the Raftsund, the narrow strait between Lofoten and Vesterålen, with mountains rising almost straight from the water on both sides. When conditions allow, the captain detours into the Trollfjord, a short side fjord only around a hundred metres wide at its mouth. In 1890 it gave its name to the Battle of the Trollfjord, a clash between traditional fishermen and the owners of new steamships, later retold in Johan Bojer's novel The Last of the Vikings. The day ends in Svolvær, the main town of Lofoten. In late winter the skrei, the migrating Arctic cod, arrive to spawn in these waters, and the drying racks fill with fish.
Optional excursions
A Taste of Vesterålen From Harstad, rejoining the ship later in the day. About 4 hours 15 minutes.
Lofotpils Brewery A visit to the local brewery in Svolvær. About 40 minutes.
Day 9
The Arctic Circle and the Helgeland coast
Ports today · The Arctic Circle · Brønnøysund
In the morning the ship crosses the Arctic Circle, at roughly 66 degrees 33 minutes north, marked by a globe monument on the little islet of Vikingen. On a southbound voyage the crossing is celebrated with a traditional spoonful of cod liver oil on deck, which is less of an ordeal than it sounds.
The rest of the day follows the Helgeland coast, a maze of thousands of low islands and skerries. Look out for the Seven Sisters, a row of peaks said to be troll princesses turned to stone by the rising sun, and for Torghatten near Brønnøysund, the mountain with a hole right through it. In the legend, a troll king threw his hat to stop an arrow fired at one of the sisters, and the hat became the mountain. The tunnel is natural, worn out by the sea and ice long ago when the land lay lower. If the sky is clear in the evening, this stretch of coast is another good place for the aurora.
Optional excursions
Visit the Salmon From Brønnøysund, an introduction to Norwegian salmon farming. About 2 hours 30 minutes.
Day 10
Trondheim and Kristiansund
Ports today · Trondheim · Kristiansund
In Trondheim, Nidaros Cathedral, built from around 1070 over the grave of St Olav, is the great sight. It is the northernmost medieval cathedral in the world and still the place where Norway's kings are blessed. You have free time to see it, then walk across the old town bridge to Bakklandet, a district of painted wooden houses and cafés on the far bank of the Nidelva river, or climb to Kristiansten Fortress, built after the great fire of 1681, for the view over the rooftops.
Later the ship calls at Kristiansund, built across several islands, which made its fortune from klippfisk, cod salted and dried on the rocks and shipped to southern Europe. It is still known as the dried cod capital of Norway.
Optional excursions
Trondheim with Nidaros Cathedral A guided introduction to the city and the cathedral. About 2 hours.
Bergtatt, the Magnificent Marble Mine From Kristiansund, a visit to an old marble mine, with a meal served in the mine hall. About 4 hours 30 minutes.
Through the night the ship calls at Ålesund, Torvik and Måløy. Ålesund burned in January 1904 and was rebuilt within a few years in the Art Nouveau style, which is why its towers and decorated gables look like no other Norwegian town. In the morning the coast opens up past the mouth of the Nordfjord, with the Jostedal Glacier somewhere inland, and later the entrance to the Sognefjord, the longest fjord in Norway.
The ship reaches Bergen in the early afternoon and the Coastal Express ends here. After disembarking you join a private coach tour of the city with an English-speaking guide, taking in Bryggen, the Hanseatic wharf on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1979, St Mary's Church, the oldest building in Bergen, and Håkon's Hall, the great stone hall built for King Håkon Håkonsson in the thirteenth century. The tour includes the Fløibanen funicular up Mount Fløyen for the view over the city and its seven hills. You then return to the hotel, and dinner tonight is at your own choice; the fish market and the restaurants around the harbour are a good place to start.
After checking out you take the train from Bergen to Voss, then a coach down to Gudvangen at the head of the Nærøyfjord. From there a ferry carries you along the fjord to Flåm. At its narrowest the Nærøyfjord is only a few hundred metres across, with mountain walls rising steeply on both sides, and it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2005 together with the Geirangerfjord. In winter, with snow on the ledges and very few other boats, it is wonderfully still.
Your main luggage is sent ahead to the hotel in Oslo, so you only need a small day bag for the night. From the quay you walk to the hotel in Flåm, a small village at the head of the Aurlandsfjord, where dinner is included in the hotel restaurant.
Day 13
The Flåm Railway and the Bergen Line to Oslo
Flåm · Myrdal · Oslo · Overnight in Oslo · Farewell dinner
This morning you ride the Flåm Railway up the valley to Myrdal. It runs for a little over 20 kilometres and climbs around 860 metres, with a gradient of up to 1 in 18 for much of its length and 20 tunnels, most of them dug by hand. The line opened in 1940 after construction began in 1923. In winter the waterfalls along the way freeze into great curtains of ice.
At Myrdal you change to the main line for Oslo. This is the Bergen Line, opened in 1909, which crosses the bare Hardangervidda plateau and passes Finse, at 1,222 metres the highest station on the line. You arrive in Oslo in the afternoon and walk to the hotel; lunch today is at your own expense. Hurtigruten's highlights for this tour include a coach tour of Oslo taking in Vigeland Sculpture Park and the Holmenkollen ski jump, and the trip ends in style with a farewell dinner at the hotel restaurant.
Day 14 · Oslo and home
Oslo
The escorted tour ends after breakfast. Departure transfers are not included, so you make your own way to the airport, which is a short ride on the airport express train from Oslo Central Station.
If your flight is later in the day, Oslo rewards a few hours on foot. Walk up the sloping marble roof of the Opera House for the view across the Oslofjord, visit the Munch museum with the largest collection of Edvard Munch's work anywhere, or the National Museum, which opened in its new building on the waterfront in 2022. Karl Johans gate leads up from the station to the Royal Palace and its gardens. We can add an extra night in Oslo if you would like longer.
Fares
Follow the Northern Lights southbound, departures and fares 2027 to 2028
There are twelve departures from Helsinki between October 2027 and March 2028. The ship for the Coastal Express section varies, so it is shown against each date. The departure date is the day the tour begins in Helsinki; you board the ship in Kirkenes on day six. The cabin category refers to your cabin on board the ship for the five nights from Kirkenes to Bergen; the price is for the whole package as described on this page, including eight nights in hotels and lodges, the land travel, the included safaris, tours and meals, and the tour manager. Prices are per person sharing and do not include flights.
Departure date
Ship
Polar Inside
Polar Outside
Arctic Superior
Expedition Suites
7 October 2027
MS Kong Harald
from £4,237
from £4,476
from £4,842
from £6,885
1 December 2027
MS Kong Harald
from £4,618
from £4,680
from £4,997
from £6,423
4 December 2027
MS Nordlys
from £4,574
from £4,680
from £4,997
from £5,807
27 December 2027
MS Nordkapp
from £4,864
from £4,994
from £5,384
from £6,381
31 December 2027
MS Richard With
from £4,864
from £5,070
from £5,384
from £6,381
Departure date
Ship
Polar Inside
Polar Outside
Arctic Superior
Expedition Suites
12 January 2028
MS Nordnorge
from £4,911
from £5,052
from £5,474
from £6,553
20 January 2028
MS Polarlys
from £4,911
from £5,052
from £5,474
from £6,553
29 January 2028
MS Nordkapp
from £5,008
from £5,154
from £5,592
from £6,711
5 February 2028
MS Kong Harald
from £5,008
from £5,154
from £5,592
from £7,562
22 February 2028
MS Polarlys
from £5,227
from £5,399
from £5,916
from £7,236
9 March 2028
MS Kong Harald
from £4,960
from £5,111
from £5,565
from £7,608
21 March 2028
MS Vesterålen
from £4,960
from £5,199
from £5,754
from £6,725
Fares are per person in pounds, based on two people sharing, and were checked on 3 November 2026. They are subject to availability and may change at any time before booking. Single supplements are available on request. Call 0333 405 0194 for the current price on your preferred date.
Your Package
What is included
This is an escorted tour as well as a voyage, so the inclusions fall into three parts: the land arrangements in Finland and Norway, the Coastal Express voyage, and the tour manager who looks after the group throughout.
What's included
On land
Eight nights in hotels and lodges Four star standard, with breakfast daily: Helsinki, two nights in Rovaniemi, Northern Lights Village near Saariselkä (Aurora Cabin or glass igloo), a gamme cabin at Kirkenes, Bergen, Flåm and Oslo
Included
Train from Helsinki to Rovaniemi With transfer to your hotel
Included
Touring coach from Rovaniemi to Kirkenes First class coach, via Santa Claus Village, Sodankylä, Saariselkä and Inari
Included
Husky safari in Rovaniemi Kennel visit and a sled or cart ride, depending on snow, with a soup lunch
Included
Reindeer safari near Saariselkä With Sámi guides, ending at a kota fire with hot berry juice and smoked reindeer
Included
Entrance to Santa Claus Village and the SIIDA museum Lunch included at SIIDA in Inari
Included
Snowhotel Kirkenes and King Crab Experience Property tour with entrance and a drink, and a king crab presentation and tasting of about 3 hours
Included
Guided city tours Helsinki with a local guide; Bergen by private coach of about 3 hours, including Bryggen, St Mary's Church, Håkon's Hall and the Fløibanen; and a coach tour of Oslo
Included
Norway in a Nutshell Train Bergen to Voss, coach to Gudvangen, Nærøyfjord ferry to Flåm, the Flåm Railway to Myrdal and the train to Oslo, with your luggage sent ahead to the Oslo hotel
Included
Meals on land as listed Welcome dinner in Helsinki, dinner at Northern Lights Village, dinner at Låven in Kirkenes, dinner in Flåm and the farewell dinner in Oslo
Included
Transfers All transfers shown in the itinerary once the tour has begun
Included
On board the Coastal Express
Five nights in your chosen cabin Kirkenes to Bergen
Included
Full board Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily in the main restaurant
Included
Throughout
English-speaking tour manager With the group from Helsinki to Oslo, on land and on board
Included
Not included: flights and airport transfers, drinks unless stated, most lunches and some dinners on land, and the optional shore excursions during the voyage. You can arrange travel insurance online here.
Flights & Packages
Getting to Helsinki and home from Oslo
Flights and airport transfers are not included in this tour. Hurtigruten's page for the package says you can arrange your own travel to Helsinki and home from Oslo, or add an arrival and departure package when booking, and we can arrange either for you. Both cities have plenty of direct flights to the UK, and as the tour ends after breakfast on day 14 an afternoon flight home from Oslo is usually easy.
Package
Starts / Ends
Included in price
Price
Follow the Northern Lights Tour only
Helsinki / Oslo
Everything listed under What is included
See fares
Follow the Northern Lights With arrival and departure package
Helsinki / Oslo
The tour as above plus the arrival and departure arrangements Hurtigruten offers at booking
Call
Prices are per person based on two people sharing and depend on the date and availability. Extra nights in Helsinki or Oslo can be added. Call 0333 405 0194 for a quote.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Is Follow the Northern Lights a guided tour?
Yes. An English-speaking tour manager meets the group in Helsinki and stays with you all the way to Oslo, including on board the ship, where they help with excursions and timings. Hurtigruten says groups are usually around 20 to 30 guests.
How does this differ from a cruise-only voyage?
It combines five nights on the Coastal Express with eight nights on land in Finland and Norway, with the hotels, trains, coaches, safaris and guided tours all arranged for you. A cruise-only voyage gives you the ship alone.
Which ship will I sail on?
The ship varies by departure date. It may be MS Kong Harald, MS Nordlys, MS Nordkapp, MS Richard With, MS Nordnorge, MS Polarlys or MS Vesterålen, and the fare table shows which is scheduled for each date. You stay on the same ship from Kirkenes to Bergen.
Are flights included in the price?
No. Flights and airport transfers are not included. You can travel independently to Helsinki and home from Oslo, or add an arrival and departure package when you book, and we can arrange either for you.
What does the cabin category in the fare table mean?
It refers to your cabin on board the ship for the five nights from Kirkenes to Bergen. The hotels on land are the same whichever cabin you choose, and the price covers the whole package as described.
Which meals are included?
Breakfast every day, full board on the ship, and on land the welcome dinner in Helsinki, a soup lunch on the husky safari, dinner at Northern Lights Village, lunch at SIIDA, dinner at Låven in Kirkenes, dinner in Flåm and the farewell dinner in Oslo. Other meals and drinks are at your own expense.
Will I see the Northern Lights?
Nobody can promise the aurora, because it depends on solar activity and clear skies. But almost every night is spent inside the auroral zone in the darkest months of the year, which gives you a very good chance. Hurtigruten also includes Follow the Northern Lights among its Northern Lights Promise voyages for departures between 20 September and 31 March, and we confirm it for your chosen date when you book.
Will I really sleep in a glass igloo?
You spend one night at Northern Lights Village near Saariselkä in either a private Aurora Cabin or a glass igloo, both designed so that you can watch the sky from inside. The following night is spent in a gamme cabin at the Snowhotel in Kirkenes.
What if there is not enough snow for the husky ride?
The kennel uses a wheeled cart instead of a sled when the snow is poor, for the welfare of the dogs. This is most likely on the October departure.
Is the tour suitable for people with limited mobility?
Hurtigruten does not recommend it for guests who use a wheelchair or have limited mobility, because many of the winter activities involve snowy or icy paths. Guests who can manage short walks and a few stairs should be able to join most activities.
What should I pack for Lapland in winter?
Proper winter clothing. Temperatures in Finnish Lapland can fall well below minus 20 degrees in midwinter. Bring thermal base layers, a warm insulated jacket and trousers, a hat that covers your ears, warm gloves with liners, thick socks and boots with a good grip, plus a head torch for evenings outside.
