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Lapland is the largest region in Finland, the Finnish Lapland is part of the whole of Lapland, which is in Norway, Sweden, Finland & Russia.Lapland official site:www.lappi.fiCheck also this following sites for more info:www.laplandfinland.comwww.inarilapland.orgwww.enontekio.fiwww.saariselka.fiwww.laplandfestivals.comwww.laplandtravel.fi The midnight sin... oops..sun.
Autumn is time of blueberries and mushrooms. After some rainy days mushrooms grow in an impressive speed. You do not have to look for mushrooms - just go in the woods and within 20min you have two or three baskets full of the best pieces of "Birkenpilze, Rotkappen, Maronen und Steinpilze". Well, I just know the German names of the mushrooms, if you know the English terms please drop me a line.
Autumn starts in Lapland in August. Leaves turn to spectacular colours like yellow, orange, brown and red. Weather is like German November - days can be warm (~10°C / 50°F) but at night temperatures can drop below freezing point. This indicate a very important advantage: the first frost means the end of mosqitos!
Camping in Lapland's wilderness is great! Along the strees are numerous parking lots. Here you can stop, built up your tent and make a campfire. Near Inari it stopped raining and we bought right away some meat to grill. The wood was too wet for a campfire so we had to rely on my grill.
Erätupa - another great institution in Finland - Lapland. There are midst in the wilderness cottages which are free for use for anybody - at no charge. Of course you expect no electricity, no tapped (warm) water, no materasses...In short - the only thing you are provided with are a roof over your head and a stove to be heaten up with wood... no extra luxuryand that is perfect like that.
In all finnish national parks and many other nature areas you find these fireplaces built by local bureaus of the Land and Forest department.This is a nery clever institution of saving both nature and you, dear hiker. Dry wood is always supplied. Everybody is entitled to use these fireplaces. On this very fireplace we had our first encounter with a Siberian jay - a bird. They are not afraid of people and will eagerly any crums you leave them...
You really can find your peace of mind in silent Lapland! The Midnight Sun Film Festival is organised in every June in Sodankyla, 130 km up to north from Polar Circle. It is amazing that you can watch films 24 hours a day without noticing whether it's day or night. Light summer night are really spectacular in Lapland! Also famous movie directors, for example Francis Ford Coppola, have visited in the Film Festival and been astonished of Lapland.
Where ever you will hang around in Lapland there will be lots of reindeers around. It is not surprising at all that this animal becomes the symbolic animal of Lapland.
Hire one for the day, and you have the freedom of Lapland to explore!
You can have all the snow adventures you want here. The skidoos could clock 110kph!
Scandic Hotel Luosto Rovaniemi
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Ivalo Hotel Ivalo
2 Reviews and 24 Opinions Hotel Ivalo can be a nice place to stay here, it can be convenience as there is airport in Ivalo and...
Hotelli Inarin Kultahovi Inari
3 Reviews and 24 Opinions Nice hotel. Cozy rooms. Next to a river. The hotel fascilities include a comfortable lounge with...
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Q: i have been reading that there are a lot of mosquitoes in Lapland in summer. we will be there in early July. Will they be a...
A: DEET. Not environmentally friendly but it does work. I carry Off Personal wipes and a device they make that has a built in fan and covers about a 10ft area around it.
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