100 Days till Christmas!🤩🎅🏻🎄 Winter is so near! What is your favorite time of the year?🙂 #finland #suomi #lapland #travelfinland #visitfinland #christmas #joulu #winterholiday #winterholidays #visitlapland #levi #levilapland #visitlevi
100 Days till Christmas!🤩🎅🏻🎄 Winter is so near! What is your favorite time of the year?🙂 #finland #suomi #lapland #travelfinland #visitfinland #christmas #joulu #winterholiday #winterholidays #visitlapland #levi #levilapland #visitlevi
Autumn adventures in Lapland🍂🍃 Sunny evening and vibrant autumn colours of Särkitunturi hiking trail just 30 km from Levi. The view from the top of the fell looking over Pallastunturi fells and Jerisjärvi and Särkijärvi lakes has been chosen as Finland’s national landscape The Särkitunturi Fell is one of the best viewing sites in the region⛰🤩
Goodbye summer! 🌿☀️Hello autumn!🍂 Golden autumn or “ruska” is the second most popular season for tourists in Lapland. “Ruska” - from Sami language means autumn foliage or fall foliage🍂🍁 It is a time for enjoying beautiful coloured panoramas, hiking in the autumn forest and experiencing just started Northern lights season. At this time, when lakes and rivers are still open, there is a great opportunity to see Aurora reflection on the water surface🤩 Time is running fast and it's just 2 months left before the start of the snow season in Levi!❄️☃️⛷ Tell us if you are planning to travel to Lapland this winter! Just write in comments🙂
Happy Finnish Nature Day!🇫🇮🌿🌲 Hyvää Suomen luonnon päivää!🇫🇮🌿🌲 Let's spend time outdoors!😌👍 #suomenluonto #suomi #finland #finnland #finnishnature #northernnature #gostg #gostg_levi #naturephotography #travelnorth #lappishsummer #visitlapland #visitfinland #ourfinland #levi #levilapland #visitlevi #lappland #lapland #лапландия
The end of summer is a great time to start planning your winter holidays! Do you dream of the magic of Christmas season? Then a trip to see Santa in Lapland will be an experience you will never forget! MAGICAL SANTA EXPERIENCES: 📍LEVI 🔸MEET SANTA CLAUS IN A SECRET HIDEAWAY Even when Santa is not hard at work he still loves to make time for friends and visitors at his secret hideaway. You can meet him, happy helper elves and reindeers at this magical place. It is situated in the old Lappish village on the river bank - a perfect winter scene. You are invited into Santa’s Christmas house where you can relax around an open fire. Every child gets to spend time with Santa and tell him their wishes for Christmas and receive a special gift. 🔸VISIT THE ELVES’ HIDEAWAY AND SANTA CLAUS WORKSHOP Elves Kingdom is hidden inside a magic forest where elves wait for the winter and arrange fairytale activities. There is no time to lose! The memorable fun includes tobogganing, playing Elves’ football and having fun in the snow. Indoors, baking and decorating gingerbread cookies, and making Christmas decorations. 🔸ICE KINGDOM INSPIRED BY DISNEY’S FROZEN For 2,5 hours you can lose yourself in a magical ice world that holds the excitement of the Oscar-winning movie, Frozen. Visit the fairytale Snow Castle, where you can meet the favorite characters from Disney’s hit movie. Olaf, Elsa and Anna are ready to take you on an adventure in our interactive entertainment program in one of the most beautiful snow constructions in Lapland 📍ROVANIEMI & LEVI 🔹SANTA CLAUS VILLAGE AND SANTA PARK Prepare for a 3-hour non-stop fun in the Santa Village! The excitement beings when you pass along the Magic Path and cross the official Arctic Circle line to meet Santa Claus in his office. You can also send a postcard to your friends and family with the stamp from Official Santa Post Office. The next stop is Santa Park. Prepare to go on a magic ride, visit the Gingerbread Bakery and enjoy Elf School Interactive show and elf workshops Departure from both Levi and Rovaniemi Find more information about Santa experiences on our new webpage gostg.fi 📲 link in bio!
Northern Lights season is starting soon🤩🌌 In the end of this month we will be able to see again the most fascinating show of the Arctic nature - the Northern lights! In Finnish Lapland northern lights are visible about 200 nights a year starting from the end of August until the end of March. It is a must-see for many world travelers who want to catch a glimpse of the famous auroras. We start with the snowless period September-October when nights are finally getting dark and a contrast of dark ground and dark sky offer a good visibility of Northern Lights. Later in December when the white snow fully covers the ground, we start to provide a great number of programs to experience the Northern Lights: 🔸Aurora hunting on reindeer safari 🔸Riding Icelandic horses 🔸 Take part in the night husky safari 🔸Hunt Aurora on the snowmobile safari 🔸Going on the night snowshoeing trip Our Northern Lights hunting programs last about 2.5-4 hours (the northern lights come in waves and can appear and disappear in the sky with some time intervals 🧐) While waiting for Northern Lights you can spend time in a cozy warm place by the open fire🔥 "Visit the Polarmans Camp" is our unique program in Levi to spend an evening in an exclusive place just a few minutes drive from the Levi center, with the open skyline almost 360⁰, minimum light pollution and a warm Aurora's dome shelter. The temperature in the dome stays +10 C⁰ or higher! Sitting inside by the crackling fireplace and warming your hands by the flames you’ll see a movie on a big screen about the Northern Lights and hear some interesting stories and legends, while our guide “guards” the Northern Lights outside. As soon as lights appear, everyone will be invited outside to enjoy the Aurora and take videos and photos📸😊 During this program you can have a glass of hot berry juice with some gingerbread cookies and grill marshmallows and sausages in the open fire outside We highly recommend this program for anyone, including families with children! Bookings are available through link in bio📲
Husky park in Levi🐕🐾 @levihuskypark is the unique place in Levi holiday resort where you can meet genuine Siberian huskies, tundra wolves, mixed dog-wolves, arctic fox, red foxes and even white reindeer Some of these animals have been starring in movies, as they had been specially trained for filming. It’s really cool to visit the Husky park with children. You’ll be taken on a tour around the kennel, and a guide will show several tricks with animals and tell you stories about each one them. Animals in this kennel are taken well care of by the owner, Reijo Jääskeläinen. He is a famous professional musher in Finland and a winner of several dog sled racing competitions. As a child he began to take an interest in animals, brought crows, nursed squirrels and hares at home. Parents did not interfere with the hobbies of their son, because he took care of all the animals by himself. But the real story began in 70s, when he bought the first husky, and later in 1979, he was lucky to get the second one from the eight-time world champion in dog sled racing - Ronald Lombard. Later in Norway and Finland, he found two more dogs with 50% same bloodline. This is how his history of breeding Siberian huskies began. In the Husky park, you can take part in 2km/4km dog sledding safari (wintertime❄️) or just visit the park, see different animals and feed the reindeers. The Husky park offers a different experience in comparison to other kennels in Levi. Here professional mushers drive the sled while you just enjoy the ride and winter Lapland landscape. After the program host will invite you inside a cosy Laplander‘s hut where you can enjoy a warm drink and a hot sausage, sit next to the fireplace and watch a movie about husky life. Bookings are available through link in Bio!📲
Lapland as a color palette🎨 Every season in Lapland is quite different in appearance, and uniquely rich in colors, lights and tones! 🔸Summer🌿🌞 Polar Day means White Nights. The sun shines round the clock and gives a sea of flowers and shades. The nature of the north is amazing, as soon as the snow melts, it instantly blooms with bright green spruces, blueberry flowers, various mosses and lichens. During the summer solstice season in the Land of Lakes and Rivers panoramic views from the hills are particularly beautiful, the midnight sun reflects on the surface of rivers and lakes and gives the impression that the sky is twice as large. 🔸Autumn🍁🍂 Golden Time (Ruska🇫🇮) is the second most popular season in Lapland after Christmas. People from all over the world come to see the variety of colors from the fells or hills. At night, the temperature drops sharply, and tree leaves change color incredibly fast. Also October is the peak of the northern lights season, when you can see them not only in the sky, but also in the reflection of water! And, of course, the first white snowflakes on red and yellow are creating a wonderful landscape contrast! 🔸Winter❄️☃️ The white color of snow is amazing. It changes surrounding objects appearance depending on the month and time of the day! Pink, orange shades at sunset and sunrise gives excellent opportunities to take great photos. During the polar night snow reflects the skylight in blue color, so the Finns call this period «blue time» (in Finnish Sininen aika🇫🇮 or kaamos). Northern Lights or Aurora sets the sky colors in motion so uniquely every time, that even locals cannot stop enjoying this phenomena! During Christmas season Finns set on thousands of white, blue and read candle lights to decorate their houses, and Christmas trees. Holiday resorts offer a visitor a truly amazing Christmas holiday feeling. 🔸Spring🌱🌿 Time of contrasts. Plants awaken from winter hibernation in the snow! Where there’s light, there’s more color. Green islands are on a white snow background. Red lingonberry berries on frozen ice stones in the sun - all this creates incredible combinations! What’s your favorite season of the year?
Lapland’s gold🤩 Nordic berry, knotberry or salmonberry are all names for the same berry - cloudberry! Cloudberry is a plant up to 30 cm high with two to three five-lobed leaves and one white flower (blooms in June-July). The fruit has a yellow-red colour and form similar to raspberries. It has a sweet and sour taste. Cloudberry grows in wetlands in the northern regions. Some interesting facts: 🔸Cloudberry is a symbol of Northern Finland. You can find its images on 2 euro coins. 🔸In northern mythology, it is considered a healer berry, and no wonder - it contains many vitamins. Cloudberries contain 3-4 times more vitamin C than citrus fruits and more vitamin A than carrots. 🔸Cloudberry is widely used in traditional medicine and cosmetology, absolutely all parts of plants are used: from berries and seeds to leaves and roots. 🔸 The traditional Lappish dessert is melted squeaky cheese with cloudberry jam and whipped cream. Also in Lapland shops, you can find cloudberry vines and liqueurs. You can try this dessert and many other traditional dishes of Lappish cousine in Saamen Kammi - the most authentic Saami restaurant in Northern Finland & Scandinavia. Table reservations are available at our office: Scandinavian Travel Group, Torikuja 5, Levi E-mail: incoming@gostg.fi
