- For other places of the same name, see Lapland (disambiguation).
| Finnish Lapland ((fi)Lappi(sv)Lappland(himself)Sápmi) | |
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| Santa's village in Rovaniemi | |
| Information | |
| Country |  Finland |
|---|---|
| Regional capital | Rovaniemi |
| Sea | Bothnia Bay |
| Minimum altitude | 0 m |
| Maximum altitude | 1 324 m (Halti) |
| Area | 98 984 km² |
| Population | 178 237 hab. (2019) |
| Density | 1,8 inhab./km² |
| Official languages | Finnish, Swedish |
| Other language | North Sami |
| Spindle | Eastern European Time, UTC 02:00, UTC 03:00 |
| Location | |
 67 ° 44 ′ 56 ″ N 26 ° 0 ′ 58 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
| Touristic site | |
The Finnish Lapland is a region of northern finland.
Understand
Two-thirds located north of arctic circle, it is the northernmost of administrative regions Finnish. With, approximately, two inhabitants km2, it is also the least densely populated region of the country. If it is mainly for nature and winter sports that we come there, it is also with the hope of meeting Santa Claus because it is there, they say, that he lives.
Physical geography
Weather
If in January temperatures of -10 to -30 ° C are normal, the lowest temperatures are around -50 ° C. In the height of summer, while 15 to 20 ° C are common daytime temperatures, the thermometer can approach 0 ° C at night.
The first snow usually arrives in October but the practice of winter sports takes place between November and early May.
Story
Cities
- 1 Rovaniemi – the capital of Finnish Lapland, with the village of Santa Claus
- 2 Tornio
- 3 Kemi
- 4 Kemijärvi
- 5 Ranua – Has a zoo specializing in arctic species.
- 6 Utsjoki – The northernmost town in Finland and the only one located completely north of 69eparallel
Other destinations
National parks
- 1 Lemmenjoki National Park – The largest park in the country, but the majority of visitors only see the surroundings of the Lemmenjoki river, where there are always gold miners.
- 2 Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park – The most visited park in the country, with more service than normally found in parks in Finland.
- 3 Perämeri National Park – Marine park.
- Pyhä-Luosto National Park
- Riisitunturi National Park
- 4 Urho Kekkonen National Park – Large park with services near Saariselkä, but plenty of land for those who prefer to be alone. Here we also find Santa's "house mount" (but you need a permit to visit the mount, on the border with Russia).
Winter sports resorts
- 5 Mount Levi (Levitunturi) – Largest ski resort in Finland with 43 slopes, as well as 886 km of snowmobile trails in the area
To go
By plane
- 1 Ivalo Airport (IATA : IVL, ICAO: EFIV, Ivalon lentoasema) (11 km southwest of Ivalo and 25 km north of Saariselkä ski resort) – the northernmost airport in Finland and the European Union.
- 2 Rovaniemi Airport (IATA : RVN, Rovaniemen lentoasema) (8 km north of Rovaniemi) – Lapland's main airport.
At the railroad
There are sleeper trains from Turku and Helsinki to Rovaniemi. They also transport cars.
Circulate
The distances are very long. We go by car or bus (which normally pass one or more times a day).
To buy
Handicrafts, often of antlers and reindeer antlers.
