This seems to be a great way to see the Northern Lights in comfort - Norway Launches the World’s First Panoramic Night Train for Northern Lights Watching - All Things Nordic
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I will put it on my bucket list.
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I have to check, to see if I am allowed to put it on my bucket list 
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The whole of Norway is worth a visit — beautiful landscapes, very friendly people, and amazing museums of industrial heritage all over the country (hydro power plants you can visit, etc).
It can be done rather cheaply if you have are willing to sleep in your own tent, most campsites are well-equipped.
I did an African Safari last year and chose to camp to be in the landscape. At one camp I shared the site with a bull elephant and his friend
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I am not sure that I would want to sleep in a tent in Norway in mid-winter.
If I did though, would this mean that I could afford to buy a coffee?
Our children were aghast when we said that we were camping during our safari at Shamwari in South Africa
This was what it was like
At Pumba, our room was separated from the restaurant, so you had to be escorted back to your room after you had your evening meal. This was comforting after seeing this:
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WARNING: The article linked to is just the type of AI slop one can find on internet these days. (“Created … with Google AI”).
There exist no such panoramic rail cars (“carriages feature walls and ceilings made entirely of glass”) within the Norwegian rail system, and the whole paragraph describing this fantasy rail car is totally made up.
The article does link to another article (https://www.visitnorway.com/listings/the-northern-lights-train/242352/) which contains the correct information:
In the city of Narvik, (which has no direct rail connection to the rest of Norway, but a line which crosses into Sweden mainly for iron ore transport), one can join a train ride (in 40 year old wagons built of iron …) up in the mountains behind Narvik. (At 373 meters one is well above the tree line in the arctic climate). There one can step out of the train in a roadless place and have amenities around a bonfire or inside a traditional sami tent, and watch a night sky with stillness and little light pollution – which may be cloudy or clear - with or without northern lights…
Welcome to the Arctic! Norway has much to offer photographers and others both in winter and summer.
And as for sleeping in tents in winter, a very good sleeping bag normally is a necessity, but on the positive side one doesn’t have to fight any mosquitos. Two of my grandsons, now at 6 and 9 years of age, already have several years experience with crossing winter mountains for about a week on skis and sleeping in tent.
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Seriously why is an AI image used in this story. At least it tells you it is AI but I didn’t notice that on the first read.
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While I find this admirable, I just want to add that this is not something one has to do merely for hiking in Norway, enjoying the scenery, and taking beautiful photos.
First, you can go in the milder seasons, second, you can find plenty of beautiful day hikes and spend the night at a campsite with various amenities.
Brushing up on panorama workflows is recommended. If you hike in Norway, especially in the western part with around Bergen with the beautiful fjords, you will be stopping every 30 minutes to take a panorama. Don’t go with friends who are not into photography 
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