Christmas markets have been brightening up the dark days of winter in Germany since 1434. It’s taken a little bit of time, but now every city and town in Europe wants in on the action and Christmas markets are dripping with fairly lights and gingerbread everywhere you go.

Nature’s most stunning lights show, the Northern Lights, otherwise known as the Aurora Borealis, are caused by solar storms and giant flares from the sun, and are completely unique. The lights appear mostly green, with violet and blue smudges here and there, and sometimes streak across the sky, while other times they can only be seen as hazy suggestions of light.

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