Got your attention, didn’t we? Well that’s just what Japanese visitors do by the hundreds each winter, staying at places like the Northern Light Inn (www.northernlightinn.is) near the Blue Lagoon. Japanese believe that making love under the lights will bring them academically gifted offspring. But far be it from us to suggest what to do on your own sweet time.
If you’re looking for a tamer aurora borealis experience, Aurora Experience escorts travelers on tours in search of the sheeting, glistening and spiking bands of light that sweep across the sky on cold, crisp, clear nights. Four to six hour tours include stops in Stokkseyri at the Ghost Center and Icelandic Wonders – an elf, troll, and Northern Lights museum with an ice bar where they’ll serve you a drink with pure natural glacier ice that bubbles and crackles as oxygen is released. You walk through creepy ghost exhibits with an MP3 player to learn about skeletons, graveyards and double-headed sheep. Evening tours leave from the center of Reykjavik and last four to six hours, and are available through March 14, 2009. Week-long “Northern Week” tours are also available. (For more information: www.auroraexperience.com).