# Norway northern lights video: the complete guide (route, season, settings) - **URL**: https://routeflick.com/blog/norway-northern-lights-video-guide --- [<- All articles](https://routeflick.com/blog) Tutorial - 5 min read **RouteFlick Editorial**Product guide from the team building RouteFlick Published August 3, 2026Updated October 5, 2026 Aurora photos have a problem: they all look like they were taken in the same place. A green sky over a dark hill is a green sky over a dark hill, whether you shot it outside Tromsø or from a car park in Alta. The map is what fixes that -- it shows the trip was a chase up 900 km of Arctic coastline, and that every one of those skies happened somewhere different. About this guide and its evidence Published by RouteFlick, the maker of the product described here. This is first-party guidance, not an independent review. Route previews are actual exports. An example route illustrates a workflow; it does not prove every feature or a competitor's output. Export speed depends on your device. Creator workflow and comparison documentation reviewed October 5, 2026. Named vendor sources support the documented facts; this is not a purchased-plan test or an export-speed benchmark. Unknown specifications are marked as not verified. Confirm current terms before buying. [Report an error or request a correction](mailto:support@routeflick.com) [Media](https://routeflick.com/media/routes/norway-northern-lights.mp4) [Video poster](https://routeflick.com/media/routes/norway-northern-lights.jpg) Actual RouteFlick export Exact trip used in this guide ## Watch the result before you use it This is a finished RouteFlick video for **Norway Northern Lights**, not an illustration or simulated interface. Bodø -> Svolvær -> Tromsø -> Alta -> Nordkapp -> +1 [Watch this route on its video page](https://routeflick.com/videos/dest-norway-northern-lights-v1) [Use "Norway Northern Lights" -- free](https://routeflick.com/t/dest-norway-aurora) **On this page** 1. [The route](https://routeflick.com/blog/norway-northern-lights-video-guide#the-route) 2. [When to go (and what to say in the video)](https://routeflick.com/blog/norway-northern-lights-video-guide#when-to-go-and-what-to-say-in-the-video) 3. [The night look](https://routeflick.com/blog/norway-northern-lights-video-guide#the-night-look) 4. [Settings to copy](https://routeflick.com/blog/norway-northern-lights-video-guide#settings-to-copy) 5. [Not the fjords trip](https://routeflick.com/blog/norway-northern-lights-video-guide#not-the-fjords-trip) [RouteFlick studio showing a real island-hopping route following sea lanes on the 3D globe](https://routeflick.com/assets/routes-proof-SL63DbNY.png) **Real product, not a mockup.** This is the RouteFlick studio and export flow used to make the videos described in this guide. ## The route - The classic chase: Bodø -> Svolvær -> Tromsø -> Alta -> Nordkapp -> Kirkenes. Six stops, all above the Arctic Circle. - The short version: fly into Tromsø and work north to Alta. Three stops, a long weekend, and most people's actual aurora trip. - The Lofoten-only cut: Bodø and the islands. Fewer aurora hours statistically, but the best foreground mountains in the country. Set the Bodø -> Svolvær leg to boat -- that crossing is a real ferry, and boat legs follow real sea lanes instead of drawing a line over open water. Everything north of Lofoten is road. If you rode the Hurtigruten coastal ship the whole way, set every leg to boat and the route runs the coast. [Load the ready-made Arctic Norway route ->](https://routeflick.com/destinations/norway-northern-lights) ## When to go (and what to say in the video) Aurora season runs roughly late September to late March -- you need dark, and in summer this coast doesn't have any. Midwinter buys the longest dark hours; the equinox months often pair reasonable odds with roads that are less committing to drive. Either way, the honest framing for your caption is nights, not sights: four dark nights is the number that gave you the shot, and it's more interesting than pretending it was guaranteed. ## The night look - Dark or Winter style (Pro) -- this is the one trip where a black map is correct rather than a stylistic choice. - Route colour: aurora green or violet. It'll be the only bright thing on screen, which is the point. - Terrain up (Pro) for the Lofoten leg -- that wall of peaks straight out of the sea is why the islands look unreal in photos. - Free plan alternative: Satellite renders the Arctic coast dark enough at night-adjacent zoom to hold the mood. ## Settings to copy 1. Kilometres on -- nobody guesses how far Bodø is from Kirkenes, and the number is the story. 2. Speed 1x, and let the ferry leg play. Sea legs are slow on purpose and they earn the pause. 3. One aurora photo per stop, maximum. Six green skies in a row flattens into wallpaper; six green skies pinned to six places reads as a hunt. 4. Cinematic camera, start and end zoom on -- opening above a dark planet is thematically free. ## Not the fjords trip Worth being clear if you're choosing: the famous fjord route is a different Norway -- southern, mostly summer, and built on scenery you can see in daylight. Aurora country is the north, in the dark, at speed. Some people do both and animate them as two videos, which works better than trying to make one route carry both. [The Norway fjords route, for the summer trip ->](https://routeflick.com/destinations/norway-fjords) 💡 Add your home city as stop one with a flight leg. The arc up into the Arctic does more to establish 'this is far north' than any label on the map. **Your route. Your preview. Your video.** With free styles, cameras and sounds: as many Full HD (1080p) exports as you like, at 30 fps with a RouteFlick watermark, up to 10 stops per trip. No account or card required to create and export. Pro: up to 4K at 60 fps, watermark removal and GPX/KML/GeoJSON import. Available output depends on your plan, browser and device. [Try the free demo](https://routeflick.com/create) **Why trust this guide** It is written by the RouteFlick team against the product we build. Product claims refer to the current web app; comparison details should always be rechecked on the named product's site before buying. **Turn this guide into a route** Start free, keep the context from this article, and see the result before you export. 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