Northern lights Narva tonight

Narva Castle (Hermann Castle) is a 14th-century German Teutonic fortress directly on the Narva River, facing Russia's Ivangorod fortress 150 m across the water. The castle ramparts give elevated views north and northeast across the floodplain toward the Gulf of Finland, with the river below providing a reflection surface on calm nights. Ivangorod is floodlit from the Russian side, which affects photography toward the east - look north along the river for the darkest direction. Bortle Class 4 from the ramparts, but the twin-fortress foreground has no equivalent anywhere else in the Baltic.

Narva-Jõesuu is a quiet Baltic beach resort 15 km from Narva where the Narva River meets the Gulf of Finland. The beach faces north and northwest over open sea toward Finland, with the river mouth and surrounding pine forest giving a flat, distinctive horizon. The resort is effectively dark outside summer, with only a small number of street lamps near the car park providing any illumination. Bortle Class 3 from the beach, accessible by road from Narva in 15 minutes on a wide, sandy strand.

Ontika is Estonia's most impressive coastal cliff, rising to 56 m above the Gulf of Finland - the highest point on Estonia's otherwise low-lying north coast. The cliff faces north over the Gulf of Finland toward Helsinki, providing an elevated north-facing position above any coastal vegetation or horizon obstruction. The surrounding area falls within Lahemaa National Park territory with Bortle Class 2-3 sky, and the cliff top is accessible from a car park with unobstructed views across the Gulf. The village of Ontika itself has no commercial infrastructure beyond a few farm buildings.