Plan
your trip
Alta has its own airport, 15 minutes from us. Here is how to get here, when to come, and how to reach us.
- From Oslo
- SAS and Norwegian fly several times a day from Oslo Airport Gardermoen, direct or via Tromsø. About 1 h 45 min.
- From Frankfurt
- Lufthansa (Discover Airlines) flies direct to Alta in winter.
- From Helsinki
- Finnair flies via Kittilä in spring, summer and autumn.
- Within Northern Norway
- Widerøe flies from airports in Troms and Finnmark, including Tromsø (30 min), Kirkenes, Hammerfest, Båtsfjord and Vadsø. Boreal runs buses.
When to come
Alta is one of the best places in the world to see the Northern Lights, with clear skies from late August to mid April. The polar night runs from late November to mid January, and the midnight sun from mid May to late July. There’s a party in town when the first pink rays hit the spire of Alta Church in January.
Polar night25 Nov – 17 Jan
Northern LightsAug – Apr, best Oct – Mar
Tours on snow1 Nov – mid Apr
Midnight sun16 May – 26 Jul
Bike, hike & paddleMay – Oct
- Latitude
- 70° north, about 400 km above the Arctic Circle
- People
- Around 20,000 in the municipality, 15,000 in town
- Climate
- Rarely below −25 °C in winter or above 25 °C in summer
- World Heritage
- The rock art at Hjemmeluft and Struve’s Geodetic Arc on Lille Raipas
Find and reach us
GLØD HQ is at Jordfallet in Øvre Alta, about 5 km from downtown. Taxi is the easiest way here, and the TaxiFix app lets you book ahead. Pickup in downtown Alta is usually included on our tours.