The "seasonal wheel" below might help you decide which season is the better one for you... But there are many more activities to be customized to your desires...

When you choose to visit will affect what you get to experience. Seasons are extremely different in polar regions. Visiting in summer or visiting in winter, is like visiting two different planets... Are you into summer warmth or winter snow?

Maybe you already have both a reason2go and a season2go... is it for the Northern Lights? Or the Midnight Sun?

Or are you just opening yourself up to get an adventurous taste of Northern Nature, no matter how it may display itself, and engage you?

Summer is your perfect opportunity for

  • gardening and hammocking
  • fiord-fishing
  • mountain lake fishing
  • wild salmon river fishing
  • "Beaching": SUP, kayaking, rowboating and sunbathing
  • hiking & camping into the valley or up into the mountains
  • motorcyckling
  • mountainbiking
  • exploring local culture
  • visiting local fleemarkets and garagesales
  • visiting local sami reindeer husbandry
  • Visiting North Cape
  • Visiting Alta Museum World Heritage site or local wall paintings
  • Visiting the WW2 Tirpiz Museum
  • Hiking to the world's oldest northern lights observatory Haldetoppen
  • Hiking to local waterfalls

Kindly note: July is the only month in which to prepare seriously for insects such as mosquitoes and horseflies.

Autumn, or Ruska as the Finnish call it, is your perfect opportunity for

  • wild berry harvesting (and munching)
  • fiord fishing
  • mountain lake fishing
  • mountain and valley hiking
  • wilderness camping
  • winter preparations
  • pancaking around camp fires
  • early northern lights watching
  • hunting

Winter is your perfect opportunity for

  • northern light watching and stargazing (astro-tourism)
  • sitting on warm skins around the campfire, drinking warm cacao or "gløgg"
  • tasting norwegian traditional dishes... such as "lutefish" or dried reindeer heart.
  • snowshoveling and snowmowing (to either free something or access something)
  • polar tenting
  • animal tracking
  • treefelling
  • firewood cutting
  • surrendering to the arctic blizzards and cozying up inside
  • undisturbed book reading
  • white christmas celebrating
  • snowshoeing
  • icefishing
  • winter bathing
  • igloo building
  • whale watching
  • dogsledding
  • skiing
  • ice skating

Check out weather and climate statistics here:

Or explore other signatures of the all year Arctic, polar experience below