The coastal landscape around Uløya and Lyngenfjord consists of powerful alps, large and small islands, and mountain massifs that extend all the way to Finland in the east. During summer the climate is relatively mild and the landscape lush and green. The midnight sun last from mid-june to mid-august. During winter the snow is deep and the sky is filled with northern lights, unpolluted by the city-lights. The seasons move slowly so far north, and the fall is unique in its slow development from green to yellow and burning red.