🎯 See the northern lights with the family
Location: Lapland, Tromsø, Abisko, Iceland Type: Guide
Where your chances are best, what to wear and which lodges we recommend.
Scandinavia in winter, with the whole family
Northern lights, Christmas markets and a holiday home with a hot tub: this is how to make your winter holiday unforgettable.
Welcome
Space, peace and light summer evenings
At home in Zuidlaren, the atlas often lies on the kitchen table. Our boys (7 and 9) point at the fjords, Finland’s lakes and Iceland’s volcanoes. “Can we go there with the tent?” That very question is how this site started.
What draws us to Scandinavia is the space, the light summer evenings and campsites by the water where kids go exploring on their own. Here I collect what I find out while preparing, so you don’t have to look it all up again.
Researched by Arjan from Zuidlaren, so you don’t have to · Sources are given in the text · updated 24 October 2026 · About this page
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