Dark skies near Helsinki

[infinite_jest]

Bit of a weird question: I've heard from an astronomer friend that tonight, due to solar activity, there could be a good chance of Northern Lights even as far south as France. However, leaving aside the fact that it's cloudy right now, Helsinki has horrendous light pollution.

So I was wondering what could be a good place for dark skies near Helsinki, that is accessible by public transport. I've heard Nuksio mentioned, but you can probably only get there during the day. Any suggestions?

[infinite_jest]

Yeah, zero activity over here.

[buffalo_soldier]

I've just come back from a Nuuksio midnight quick visit, also for aurora hunting purpose. No solar activity so far has been spotted, but the starry sky is quite awesome too. I was in rush so forgot to bring the tripod, but I still managed to get some pretty decent night pictures.

Unfortunately all the main road in Nuuksio park is lit up by street light, so it's hard to find a complete quiet and dark spot to observe the sky. I had to drive to Haukalamppi entry point to get the ideal condition. It was a little thrill for me to drive alone in the forest at the midnight.

If anyone here know good spot in Uusima region for a sky starring guy like me, please share

[infinite_jest]

Glad to hear about Nuuksio, although without a car it gets a bit complicated. My dream would be a remote train or bus stop in the middle of nowhere.

[orys]

Bit of a weird question: I've heard from an astronomer friend that tonight, due to solar activity, there could be a good chance of Northern Lights even as far south as France.

He is propably right, as the weather in Glasgow was crap last few nights, and it is always crap when I want to look up some nice astronomical phenomena such as northern lights, moon eclipse or meteor shower