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Saariselka Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Saariselka, Finland
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Hitchhiker's log, part 2
Ok, from Ivalo it was a little bit harder, even though it is much larger than Inari. Still, I managed to get a ride from the 152nd car in the 65th minute, from a very quiet Finnish guy who was only going as far as Sariselkä, some 40 kilometers south of ...
Hitchhiker's log, part 3
After the 48th minute, the 13th car decided to stop and some funny guys gave me a ride, but they were only going 4 kilometers south... This feels like walking in a mire, a lot of time to cover a short ...
Don't throw stones in glass igloos
... be for our first viewing but I guess that's the nature of the lights. Plus our view of the stars was second to none! Sank into sleep and thinking of heading to Saariselka tomorrow to see if we can do anything fun there yet! Please let it ...
Terrible Travellers
A bit of a walk around the property, some breakfast and then onto the bus to Saariselka. Hotel booked and now we're on the hunt for some activities. Dog sledding.... Snowmobiling... Tobogganing....something!! By now you've probably gathered that we are ...
Lapland
Lapland for Christmas! We hope you all have a very merry Christmas, where ever you are. We'll also put in a good word for you with Santa when we see him! Best wishes Cat n ...
"I not speak English, so we dance!".
After our dog-sled adventure, we decided to brave the nightlife of Saariselk'' again, this time to see a band playing in one of the bars. The only Finnish band that I know is Lordi, winners of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, so I had no idea what ...
Cross-Country Skiing for Beginners
We've looked at the tourist information and decided on some of the trips that we'd like to do in addition to skiing. We all want to try snowmobiling and to make a trip at night to look for the aurora. We'd also quite like to see huskies or ...
Mush!
I dress in several layers of clothes. Thermal long johns and a long-sleeved thermal top, and a pair of thin socks. Then a pair of tracksuit bottoms, a t-shirt and a fleece sweater, and thick socks. Then salopettes and a ski-jacket, ...
Chroniques d'un exilé : Chasseur d'aurores...
Hello, De retour pour vous donner quelques nouvelles du grand nord. Je suis bien arrivé au fin fond de la Laponie finlandaise et peut être que ça vous surprendra, mais il fait froid ! très froid ! Pour vous donner un petit avant gout glacé de ce à ...
Kaksauttanen, Saariselka
... ; beautiful picture postcard scenery; deep snow so cold that it forms perfect stars. Apparently, this only happens after about -12 degree's? And of course, madmen in the middle of the night looking at the aurora borealis! ...
Arrival in Lapland
... Alexe question the wisdom of our choice in holiday destination. Just after 2am local time we arrived in our destination. Saariselk'' lies about 250km north of the Arctic Circle, in the heart of Finnish Lapland. After dropping off people ...
Saariselkä, a brief guide
... , across the Uhro Kekkonen National Park. Checking the BBC weather forecasts before we left, looking at Murmansk was better for predicting conditions in Saariselk'' that looking at Helsinki. We're closer to the Arctic Ocean than to the ...
Panimo Cabins
Reading the information in the welcome pack makes it sound like we've really struck it lucky in the accommodation stakes. The rules of the cabin include: if you wish to use the sauna, you must turn off the central heating first; and that we must ...
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