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Best Hotels in Saariselkä (2026)
Saariselkä is the home of the glass igloo: Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort and Star Arctic for sky-watching from bed, the Northern Lights Village for aurora cabins, Holiday Club for a family spa hotel, and Fell Centre Kiilopää for a wilderness base.
Saariselkä, Lapland, Finland
Best Restaurants in Saariselkä (2026)
Saariselkä punches above its size for food, with reindeer and Lapland flavours front and centre: Laanilan Kievari for fireside fine dining, Restaurant Petronella for a polished Arctic dinner, Kuukkeli for hearty all-day eating, and Teerenpesä for a relaxed pub meal.
Saariselkä, Lapland, Finland
Best Northern Lights Spots in Saariselkä (2026)
Saariselkä sits under the auroral oval at 68°N, so the lights are a realistic catch on any dark, clear night from late August to early April. Kaunispää fell is the easy go-to, Kiilopää and Urho Kekkonen National Park give darker wilderness skies, and a glass igloo lets you watch from bed.
Saariselkä, Lapland, Finland
Best Day Hikes in Saariselkä (2026)
Saariselkä has some of Finland's most accessible fell hiking: the Rumakuru gorge loop and the Kiirunapolku climb up Kiilopää are the classics, Kaunispää is the quick view-hit, and Tankavaara's Koppelolenkki is an easy ruska loop. Most start straight from a marked gate into Urho Kekkonen National Park.
Saariselkä, Lapland, Finland
Best Things to Do in Saariselkä (2026)
Saariselkä is about the fells and the wilderness on its doorstep: ride or hike up Kaunispää for the view, walk into Urho Kekkonen National Park, pan for gold at Tankavaara, warm up in the Kiilopää smoke sauna, and head out on a husky or reindeer safari. Aurora hunting tops it all off in winter.
Saariselkä, Lapland, Finland
Best Shopping in Loviisa (2026)
Loviisa is a small but serious browsing town: the Mariankatu flea markets and vintage shops, including the well-known Suurkirppis, the Old Dairy's Krinti, antique and design finds, and the craft studios and galleries down at the Laivasilta warehouses.
Loviisa, Helsinki Region, Finland
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FI FinlandYlläs
Ylläs is a fell in western Finnish Lapland with a village on each side, Äkäslompolo to the north and Ylläsjärvi to the south, wrapped around Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park. It has Finland's longest ski runs, around 200 km of summer bike trails, and easy access to genuine wilderness. Here's how to plan a holiday there.
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Helsinki is Finland's compact, walkable capital on the Baltic, a city of bold design, island fortresses, harbour markets and public saunas. Here's how to plan a city break.
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The Turku Archipelago is one of the world's largest by island count, a maze of skerries, ferries and harbour villages best explored along the Archipelago Trail. Here's how to plan a trip.
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