Finnish Lapland
Finnish Lapland is the Arctic far north in Finland, strictly defined as the province of the same name, but in practice starting near the Arctic Circle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Rovaniemi and Kemi.
Rovaniemi
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Rovaniemi, on the Arctic Circle, is the capital, transport hub and main commercial centre of Lapland, Finland's northernmost province. The city is 2,613 km south of the North Pole.
Kemi
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Kemi is a town in Finnish Lapland, at the northernmost tip of the Gulf of Bothnia. Most tourists are drawn by two wintry sights: its world famous Lumilinna Snow Castle & Hotel and the unusual chance to have an icebreaker cruise.
Sodankylä
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Sodankylä is a municipality and the namesake town in Finnish Lapland. Internationally it is perhaps best known for its highly renowned Midnight Sun Film Festival.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as North-east Lapland and South-east Lapland.
North-west Lapland
The north-west Finnish Lapland, also known as Fell-Lapland includes the "arm" of Finland, with all the highest fells of Finland. Like the north-east, much of it belongs to the Sámi native region.
Sea Lapland and Torne River Valley
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Sea Lapland and Torne River Valley is the south-west corner of Finnish Lapland, featuring the coast and the border river to Sweden. The Arctic Circle crosses the region in southern Pello.
Urho Kekkonen National Park
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Urho Kekkonen National Park is a national park in Finnish Lapland. With an area of 2,550 km2 it is the second largest national park in Finland. It has good connections and services near Saariselkä, while the backcountry is popular among wilderness backpackers.
Finnish Lapland
- Type: region of Finland with 177,000 residents
- Description: region of Finland
- Also known as: “Lapin maakunta”, “Lapland”, “Lapland Region”, “Lappi”, “Lappi region”, “Lappland”, and “Lapplands landskap”
- Neighbors: Finnmark, Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Norrbotten County, and Troms
- Location: Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Finnish Lapland” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Lapland”
- Albanian: “Lapland”
- Arabic: “إقليم لابي”
- Armenian: “Լապլանդիա”
- Asturian: “Laponia finlandesa”
- Azerbaijani: “Laplandiya”
- Azerbaijani: “Lappi”
- Azerbaijani: “Lappland”
- Balinese: “Lapland (Finlandia)”
- Balinese: “Lapland”
- Basque: “Lappi”
- Belarusian: “Лапландыя”
- Belarusian: “Ляпляндыя”
- Bosnian: “Laponija (Finska)”
- Bosnian: “Laponija”
- Breton: “Lappi”
- Bulgarian: “Лапландия”
- Catalan: “Lapònia”
- Catalan: “Província de Lapònia”
- Cebuano: “Lappi (lalawigan)”
- Cebuano: “Lappi”
- Chinese: “Lapland Tōa-khu”
- Chinese: “拉普兰”
- Chinese: “拉普蘭區”
- Chinese: “納蘭”
- Czech: “Laponsko”
- Danish: “Lapin maakunta”
- Danish: “Lappi”
- Danish: “Lappland”
- Danish: “Lapplands landskap”
- Dutch: “Fins Lapland”
- Dutch: “Lapin maakunta”
- Dutch: “Lapland”
- Dutch: “Lappi”
- Dutch: “Lapplands landskap”
- Esperanto: “Finna Laponio”
- Esperanto: “Lapin maakunta”
- Esperanto: “Lappi”
- Esperanto: “Lappland”
- Esperanto: “Lapplands landskap”
- Estonian: “Lapi maakond”
- Finnish: “Lapin maakunta”
- Finnish: “Lappi”
- Finnish: “Lappland”
- Finnish: “Suomen Lappi”
- French: “Lapin maakunta”
- French: “Laponie finlandaise”
- French: “Laponie”
- French: “Lappi”
- French: “Lappland”
- French: “Lapplands landskap”
- Galician: “Laponia, Finlandia”
- Galician: “Laponia”
- Georgian: “ლაპლანდია”
- German: “Lapin maakunta”
- German: “Lappi”
- German: “Lappland”
- German: “Lapplands landskap”
- Hebrew: “לפלנד”
- Hungarian: “Lappföld”
- Icelandic: “Lappland”
- Inari Sami: “Laapi eennâmkodde”
- Inari Sami: “Lappi”
- Indonesian: “Lapland”
- Indonesian: “Laplandia”
- Irish: “An Laplainn”
- Irish: “Laplainn na Fionlainne”
- Italian: “Lapin maakunta”
- Italian: “Lappi”
- Italian: “Lappland”
- Italian: “Lapplands landskap”
- Italian: “Lapponia finlandese”
- Italian: “Lapponia”
- Italian: “Provincia della Lapponia”
- Italian: “Regione della Lapponia”
- Japanese: “ラッピ県”
- Komi-Permyak: “Лаппи”
- Korean: “라피 지역”
- Latin: “Lapponia”
- Latvian: “Lapzeme”
- Limburgan: “Lapland”
- Lithuanian: “Lapija”
- Lombard: “Laponia (region)”
- Lombard: “Laponia”
- Luxembourgish: “Lappland”
- Luxembourgish: “Regioun Lappland”
- Macedonian: “Лапонија”
- Malay: “Lapland, Finland”
- Malay: “Lapland”
- Maltese: “Lapland”
- Manx: “Yn Laplann, Finnlynn”
- Manx: “Yn Laplann”
- Mazanderani: “لاپلند”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lapland Tōa-khu”
- Northern Frisian: “Lapplun”
- Northern Sami: “Lappi eanangoddi”
- Northern Sami: “Lappi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lappland (Finland)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lappland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lappland i Finland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lappland”
- Norwegian: “Lapin maakunta”
- Norwegian: “Lappi”
- Norwegian: “Lappland”
- Norwegian: “Lapplands landskap”
- Ossetian: “Лапланди (Финлянди)”
- Ossetian: “Лапланди”
- Persian: “لاپلند (فنلاند)”
- Persian: “لاپلند”
- Polish: “Laponia”
- Portuguese: “Lapin maakunta”
- Portuguese: “Lapónia”
- Portuguese: “Lapônia”
- Portuguese: “Lappi”
- Portuguese: “Lapplands landskap”
- Romanian: “Laponia”
- Russian: “Лапландия”
- Russian: “Лаппи”
- Scots: “Lapland”
- Serbian: “Лапонија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lapland”
- Sicilian: “Lapponia”
- Skolt Sami: “Lappi mäddkåʹdd”
- Skolt Sami: “Lappi”
- Slovak: “Laponsko”
- Slovenian: “Lapland”
- Slovenian: “Laponska, Finska”
- Slovenian: “Laponska”
- Spanish: “Lapin maakunta”
- Spanish: “Laponia finlandesa”
- Spanish: “Laponia”
- Spanish: “Lappi”
- Spanish: “Lappland”
- Spanish: “Lapplands landskap”
- Spanish: “Región de Laponia Finlandesa”
- Swedish: “Finska Lappland”
- Swedish: “Landskapet Lappland”
- Swedish: “Lapin maakunta”
- Swedish: “Lappi”
- Swedish: “Lappland, Finland”
- Swedish: “Lappland”
- Swedish: “Lapplands landskap”
- Turkish: “Laponya”
- Turkish: “Lappi”
- Ukrainian: “Лапландія”
- Urdu: “لاپلند”
- Venetian: “Laponia”
- Vietnamese: “Lapland”
- Waray (Philippines): “Lapland (rehiyon)”
- Waray (Philippines): “Lapland”
- Western Panjabi: “لاپ لینڈ”
- Wu Chinese: “拉普兰区”
- Yue Chinese: “納蘭”
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