Northern Lights Cathedral (Alta Church) – Alta Church loop from Alta Airport
Northern Lights Cathedral (Alta Church) – Alta Church loop from Alta Airport
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Northern Lights Cathedral (Alta Church) – Alta Church loop from Alta Airport
03:06
11.7km
110m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: August 7, 2026
Waypoints
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Parking
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1.52 km
View of the Northern Lights in Alta
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4.71 km
Kristian Birkeland Bust
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4.79 km
Northern Lights Cathedral (Alta Church)
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4.89 km
Skoddevarre Helicopter Accident Memorial
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5.60 km
Alta Church
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6.58 km
Markedsgata
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7.20 km
Slate Worker Statue in Alta
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7.23 km
AMFI Shopping Center
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11.7 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
8.09 km
2.56 km
576 m
271 m
207 m
Surfaces
6.01 km
3.83 km
888 m
503 m
474 m
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Wednesday 2 September
13°C
9°C
23 %
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Comments
We're a little sad that we didn't get a spot on the guided hike to Alta's local mountain, Komsa.
Shuttle buses take us to the famous Northern Lights Cathedral in Alta. The cathedral was only inaugurated in February 2013 and is already the landmark of the small …
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In the Northern Lights Cathedral we were given a lecture in German about the origins of the city of Alta and the cathedral.
Afterwards we explored the town and walked back to the ship through the winter landscape.
The temperature was only about -3°C, but …
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again with bus transfer recording‼️
𝘋𝘪𝘦 𝕹 𝖔 𝖗 𝖉 𝖑 𝖎 𝖈 𝖍 𝖙 -𝕶𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖉𝖗𝖆𝖑𝖊
𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘪𝘯 𝘡𝘪𝘦𝘭 𝘡𝘪𝘦𝘭 5. 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘳.
𝘡𝘪𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘢, 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵 2013 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦.
𝘚𝘪𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘵 40,000 𝘛𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘯 𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘯
𝘋𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘷𝘰̈𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘻𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘵.
𝘎𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳 …
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