Live Lapland Webcams

Live 24/7 all-sky aurora cam from Posio in Finnish Lapland, deep inside the auroral oval. Watch the northern lights paint the sky above the boreal forest and frozen lakes. Active season late August–April. Midnight sun replaces the aurora in summer.

Live north-facing sky camera at Sodankylä in Finnish Lapland, run by the photographer Samuli Korvanen (Starlapland). It looks over the boreal forest toward the northern horizon, where the auroral oval usually sits on a quiet night. Sodankylä is at 67°N, so a Kp of about 2 is often enough. Dark enough from late August to mid-April; midnight sun from late May.

Live north-facing sky camera at Levi, the ski resort in Kittilä, Finnish Lapland (Starlapland / Samuli Korvanen). At 67.8°N Levi sits under the auroral oval on most active nights; Kp 1–2 can put aurora in the northern sky. The camera is a sky view, so expect stars, cloud and resort glow on quiet nights.

Live north-facing sky camera at Kilpisjärvi, the village at the tip of Finland’s "arm" near the Norwegian and Swedish borders (Starlapland / Samuli Korvanen). At 69°N it is one of the best-placed aurora cameras in Europe: aurora is often overhead at Kp 1, and the fells keep it far from city light.

Live aurora camera on top of Luosto fell in Pyhä-Luosto, Finnish Lapland, run by Visit Pyhä-Luosto. A fell-top view of the sky over the national park, far from town lights. The best viewing is from dusk to early morning, September to April.

Live sky camera at Överkalix in Swedish Lapland, on the Kalix river just south of the Arctic Circle. Run by a local aurora guide. Sitting at 66°N, it usually needs Kp 2–3 for aurora overhead and can catch it low in the north at Kp 1–2 on dark, clear nights.

Live view over Lake Hornavan, Sweden’s deepest lake, from Hornavan Hotell in Arjeplog, Swedish Lapland, with Mount Galtis on the far shore. It is a lake view rather than an all-sky camera, so aurora shows when it is bright enough over the hills; the stream plays background music.

Real-time colour all-sky image from Abisko in Swedish Lapland, one of the all-sky cameras in the EISCAT 3D region whose latest frames the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute publishes. Abisko sits beside Lake Torneträsk in a rain shadow known for clear skies, at 68.4°N under the auroral oval. The fisheye covers the whole sky; aurora shows as green bands and arcs.

A family’s live camera at their home on the Arctic Circle in Swedish Lapland, looking over a lake and the forest beyond. They measure snow depth there for the Swedish weather service. Midnight sun in June, polar-night twilight in December, and aurora over the treeline on clear nights from late August to April at about Kp 2.

The City of Rovaniemi's own live camera at Santa Claus Village, looking along the painted Arctic Circle line between lit Christmas trees and the village's log buildings. The village is open all year, and its operator says Santa is there every day. At 66.5°N the December sun barely clears the horizon, so the lights carry most of the day.

Levi Ski Resort's own camera at Zero Point, the base of the Front Slopes in the middle of Levi village: the lit lift station, the slopes above and skiers and snow groomers under floodlights. Levi is at 67.8°N, above the Arctic Circle, so from about 12 December to 1 January the sun does not rise at all and the floodlit slopes are the light.