Hotel Kieppi Saariselka

Raitopolku 1 Saariselka, Lapland, 99830, Finland

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North of the Arctic Circle

A travel blog entry by nahury1

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Finally arrived in Ivalo, north of the Arctic Circle.

Even though the sun isn't actually up, it is still fairly light during mid-day. Hard to actually show it with cameras. They are so smart and able to compensate quite well. There will be a couple of photos that actually show the darkness, but it is different.
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"I not speak English, so we dance!".

A travel blog entry by starfish

... couple of teenagers attempting some kind of street dance moves in a corner. To Kenny Rogers, played on an accordion.

And the man in reindeer-hide pixie boots and a four-pointed jester's hat that asked me to dance. "I not speak English, so we dance!" he announced, before we charged around the dancefloor in the wrong direction. He and his friend joined us for a few games of pool, and between the two of them explained that they were on a tour of Finland by ...

Mush!

A travel blog entry by starfish

... is working a new hat today, as with seven hats for a week-long holiday, she is already a day behind in her headwear schedule.

Stepping outside, the layers are immediately worth the added discomfort, as the thermometer on the veranda reads -15°C and the air shimmers with diamond dust snow. We walk across the villlage to the Holiday Club hotel to meet our group, as today we're going to husky farm for some dog-sledding. After ...

Cross-Country Skiing for Beginners

A travel blog entry by starfish

... outside.

We find out at the tourist information that we are too late to book on a fishing trip for today, so we decide on Friday morning instead. With nothing else but the prospect of looking at festive reindeer patterned jumpers in souvenir shops, we ask about hiring cross-country skis. For a reasonable €10 each, we pick up the kit and resolve to teach ourselves. It can't be that hard, can it?

The boots are soft ...

Saariselkä, a brief guide

A travel blog entry by starfish

... grounds of the national cross-country skiing team. Although nowhere near as high altitude as resorts in the Alps or the Rockies, the latitude (approximately 68º North) guarantees snow for several months of the year. To the east of the village lie the fells of Kaunispää (437m) and Iisakkipää, where the alpine ski centre is based. The fells have the rounded profile, with a flattened top and steep sides, of many of the hills in Scotland. Several slopes are floodlit, ...

This hotel was formerly known as: Hotelli Kieppi

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