The Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis can be observed in Lapland from September to early April. They occur on average every other night. The sky must be dark and clear in order to see them. Sometimes they last only a few minutes, other times they may continue for an hour or more.

Our ancestors in Lapland have had their own legends to explain and honour the dance of the Aurora Borealis. For the Sámi people it was very important to be quiet and careful under the Northern Lights, mocking them or singing about them could cause them to descend down vengefully and kill the mocker. In Finnish legends the Northern Lights were called foxfires, and were believed to be the sparks whisked up by the tails of foxes made of fire.