Ifyou are a lover of travel and beautiful scenery but have never heardof white nights, you’re in for a real treat. Sunsets are beautiful,but white nights offer exquisite views in their own right. Whitenights –when the sun shines well into the night and/or it nevergets quite dark overnight – can be found across the globe duringsummer months, and offer a magical experience like no other. To learnabout the best midnight sun destinations to add to your travel bucketlist, check out these 8 white night countries to visit.
Orkney,Scotland
Withthe sun setting around 10:30 pm in Orkney, Scotland, this place isthe perfect destination to experience white nights. The sun risesagain at 4am, allowing little time between peak sun hours. Visitorcan hike, camp or peruse the beautiful beachy coasts of Orkney.
Eyjafjallajökullvolcano, Iceland
Eyjafjallajökullis well known for being the Icelandic volcano that stopped air travelall over Europe in 2010. But it is also a popular spot during thesummer for the more adventurous tourists, who can hike to the top ofthe snow capped volcano for a picnic in the white of Iceland’smidnight sun.
SolovetskyIsland, White Sea, Russia
SolovetskyIsland has been called a white night wilderness, with a sunset of11:30pm and sunrise at 2:30 am. Travelers can only explore forests,rivers, meadows and lakes, and main attractions like the famed16th-century Transfiguration monastery.
Nuuk,Greenland
Ifyou’re idea of a stunning midnight sun setting on white icebergs,then Greenland is the place for you. Those who visit the coastalbeauty of Greenland can whale watch, fly fish, or just marvel at thebeautiful ice midnight sun of the Arctic Circle.
Kuhmo,Finland
Juston the Russian border, Wild Brown Bear Centre in Kuhmo, Finlandoffers a wonderfully rural white night experience. Sunset in thesummer is around 11:30 with the run rising again at approximately2:30a.m. There are plenty of activities to enjoy during theseexquisite white nights in Kuhmo, like smoke saunas, bear watching,trekking through the woods, and more.
Ålesund,Norway
Whitenights are taken pretty serious in many small towns of Norway,especially the fishing port of Ålesund. For Norway’s summercelebration Slinningsbåle, Ålesund takes a week to build a largelyunique bonfire that burns from the top down. This bonfire is so hugethat is consistently keeps its own record in the Guinness Book ofRecords for the largest bonfire in the world.
Lappland,Sweden
ThisSwedish province offers an exquisitely beautiful experience of themidnight sun over the ocean. Travelers can soak up the never endingsun all through the night at the annual Kiruna Festival, or sky theslopes under the midnight sun at Riksgränsen.
Alaska,USA
With the sun down by 11:30pm, you’re in for beautiful views for the majority of the night in Denali National Park of Alaska, USA. Tourists can gorge on the amazing view of North America’s highest peak Denali (formerly Mount McKinley) against the backdrop of the summer’s midnight sun.
