10 Best Places to See Northern Lights and Southern Lights

#5. Northern Russia

Russia has multiple points to view the Northern lights. Despite the cold winter nights the lights appear to mask all the harsh weather conditions. Some of these points are; Murmansk in the extreme north-west side close to Finland. Arkhangelsk the heart of Russia has the northern lights for ten minutes and can last for days.

Naryan-Mar across the Ural mountains, Novaya Zemlya, Taimyr Peninsula and Salekhard city which has a unique connection to the winter lights. They can be viewed from August until April, but are most common from November to March and best of all in January and February, when nights are long and dark and colder temperatures bring about multi-coloured Northern Lights.