LIGHT SHOW: PLACES TO SEE THE MIDNIGHT SUN AND THE AURORA BOREALIS: REYKJAVIK, ICELAND

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The city celebrates the longest day of the year with its Summer Solstice Festival, which takes place on June 21. Businesses and shops stay open late and most bars keep the party going until five or six in the morning. For a straight-shot of the sun at midnight, take an overnight trip to the island of Grímsey between from May to July. The northernmost inhabited part of the country, visitors can take a puddle jumper from Reykjavik or drive five hours to the coastal town of Dalvik and ferry across the Eyjafjordur Bay (you just might spot a whale along the way). Spend the night at one of the local guesthouses in town, which the Arctic Circle runs directly through.

Northern lights can be spotted from October to April, and a number of tours run out of the city. The Northern Light & Glacier Walk includes stop off for a dinner in a seaside village and the country’s staple lobster soup. When you’re not out aurora hunting, warm up with a soak at Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, where the seawater in its massive lagoon averages 100 degrees.

July 2013