In February of 2021 I moved to the small town “Salla” located in Finnish lapland near the border of Russia to escape the city lights. Located slightly above the arctic circle with minimal light pollution it was an excellent place to observe the northern lights. This is where I would stay until late December and then my adventures took me a little further north to Sodankylä.

The aurora season of 2021 - 2022 was mostly done in those two locations and you could say it was the first one for me.