In Ekkerøy in the municipality of Vadsø, Norway at 70 degrees latitude, we were lucky and were able to admire the entire color spectrum of the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis last night.
Ekkerøy is one of the oldest fishing villages on the Varangerfjord and belongs to the municipality of Vadsø, whose capital is around 15 km away. It is a bird paradise and the suffix "øy" means that it was originally an island that offered shelter and therefore good chances of survival for the diverse bird life. Now the area is connected to the Varanger Peninsula by a narrow isthmus and migratory birds also like to winter here.