Lyrids in Bergen

The Lyrids meteor shower peaks from Bergen around Apr 22, with up to 18 meteors per hour under ideal conditions. In 2026 a half moon will wash out fainter meteors, and from Bergen the radiant in Lyra climbs to 58° above the south-east horizon around 03:55. Local best viewing window: 23:20–03:55 CEST on the peak night, about 4.6 hours of nautical twilight. Scaled to that altitude, the 18/hour headline figure works out to roughly 15 meteors an hour from Bergen under a genuinely dark sky. At this latitude the sky never gets fully dark that night — the Sun only reaches 17.2° below the horizon — so only the brighter meteors will show. Tonight: total cover forecast, with no usable gaps.