Polar Lights on the map

The Northern Lights, like the fireworks, require presence. Neither photos nor video can convey that impression.

Where can I see the northern lights?

There are places on the planet where you can observe this natural phenomenon.
Not anywhere in the north can be observed.
Let's say in the north of Norway, in the Murmansk region you can observe the northern lights quite comfortably. Of course, at this time it is always cold, but there is no Siberian frost, thanks to the warm Golfstream.
The shine itself is predominantly green, rarely lucky to see other tones.

And let's say in Naryan-Mar, severe frosts (although moisture freezes out and they are dry, and therefore they are more easily tolerated), but the shine is more close to the ground, mostly and mostly red.

When can you see the northern lights?

Well, I saw in late August and September. But then the polar day was barely over and it is very bad in the bright sky.
The present northern lights can only be in cold weather.
The principle is as follows. In the north, the sky is very low to the ground, sometimes clouds are even at the level of the 8th floor. And they keep comparative heat. But they do not allow to see the sky.

When it is cloudless, all the heat disappears upwards and frosts come, but you can watch the northern lights when it is.
Here is a principle.

In the city the northern lights are not visible due to street lighting.
Because it is desirable to go out of town or away from the center, somewhere in the suburbs.