I did not expect to see northern lights in my home country, as they seldom appear that much to the south. However, in the evening on 5. November was quite strong aurora reported even from Croatia! Such strong auroral activity was not seen here in decades.
Unfortunately for me, the main event exactly overlapped with rain in my area. I managed to catch a little purple color between two showers, when there was only partly cloudy for a few minutes. The rain ceased quite late when remnants of purple haze were barely visible by naked eye. I used fully open aperture at f4, high ISO at 3200, and 30 seconds exposure time.
Anyway, it was fun to try. There are weak auroras occurring few times per year, mostly visible only on long exposures and invisible for naked eye. If you want to try, there is a nice aurora prediction tool by NOAA.