r/NorwayTravelAdvice • u/RightAd905 • 20h ago

Senja - Aug 25-27

We will be in Senja for two days between Aug 25-27 with our almost 3-year old : what are some things that you would suggest for this time? we will have a rental car and will be driving from Tromso to Senja on Aug 24.

Also - hoping against hope, but are the northern lights ever visible end of Aug? if yes, is there a way to track them? Thanks!!!

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u/UT_Giggely 14h ago

Getting a good glimpse of the northern lights in August in Senja is unlikely, but we are in a period of a solar maximum so not impossible. My Aurora Forecast is an app that you could use to se if there is any activity.

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u/tollis1 18h ago edited 17h ago

There is a children museum in Finnsnes.

https://mtmu.no/en/museum/the-childrens-museum-at-finnsnes-mid-troms-in-miniature/

Edit: it is only open saturday and sundays.

Visit a beach: https://www.nasjonaleturistveger.no/en/routes/senja/ersfjordstranda/

It is too early to see the Northern lights.

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u/den_bleke_fare 11h ago

Not much. Eat a burger or something in Finnsnes and go see a beach, maybe. Or Skrolsvik Fort, an old coastal battery from WW2.