The Northern Lights Planetarium

The Northern Lights Planetarium was the first planetarium in Norway open to the public, and is now a part of Nordnorsk vitensenter - the Science Centre of Northern Norway. We have daily all-dome shows with spectacular northern lights, night sky constellations and journeys through the solar system and across the universe to distant galaxies.
Bilde av Vitensenteret mot Nordlysplanetariet og inngangspartiet på høsten.

The planetarium is located on the Tromsø campus of the Arctic University of Norway and is the first Norwegian planetarium open to the public. The planetarium has seating for 95 people under a 12.2 meters (40 feet) dome and is the largest in Norway. It runs on software delivered by Sky-Skan.

Shows in the Northern Lights Planetarium

Monday - Friday

Extreme Auroras

14:00 English narration

Featuring the aurora in science, history and arts; Extreme Auroras is a documentary and a visual feast.

Saturday - Sunday

Extreme Auroras

12:00 Norwegian or English narration
Featuring the aurora in science, history and arts; Extreme Auroras is a documentary and a visual feast.

Film of the Day

13:00 Norsk tale. At 13.00 (1 pm) every Saturday and Sunday, you can see a fun and exciting planetarium show from our collection at the Science Centre in Tromsø.

Extreme Auroras

14:00 English narration (2 pm) every Saturday and Sunday. Featuring the aurora in science, history and arts; Extreme Auroras is a documentary and a visual feast.

Extreme Auroras

14:45 German narration (2:45 pm) every Saturday and Sunday. Featuring the aurora in science, history and arts; Extreme Auroras is a documentary and a visual feast.