Kaamos!Polar Night!

Kaamos is a Finnish word meaning the period of winter darkness in Lapland. The polar night is the night lasting more than 24 hours, usually inside the polar circles.

Eight days ago was the beginning of Kaamos in Utsjoki.

Utsjoki is located in Lapland and it is the northernmost municipality of Finland. In the next three months this polar night will reach the arctic circle.



We will have people living in the night during three months.

Nordic Opening 2005!Lapland-Kuusamo-Lapónia!

Today I'm going to take a night train to Kuusamo. The Nordic Opening 2005 will be there.

http://www.nordicopening.com

See you next week:)

Seven Mountains!

There are seven mountains in Äkäslompolo.

Äkäslompolo and Ylläs!

Äkäslompolo and Ylläs Location

After Polar Circle in Sweden I came back to Lapland (Finland). Äkäslompolo and Ylläs were the selected places to visit.

The First Snow!

The first snow came last night:)

Return to Finland!

Arctic Circle Map

Polar Circle Point Sweden

The Arctic Circle is the southern latitude where the midnight sun can be seen at the summer solstice.

During a period of 40,000 years the Arctic Circle moves southwards and northwards within an area 180 km wide (A). During a period of 18,6 years, it also moves within an area 570 m wide (B).

The Arctic Circle will reach its northernmost position in the year 12,000, return here in 22,000, to reach its southernmost position in 32,000 and so forth.

Welcome to SwedenTornionjoki River

We are now in Sweden. On the other side of the river we can see Finland. Tornionjoki River defines the border between Finland and Sweden.


After Keminmaan we cross the bridge after Ylitornio to visit Arctic Circle in Sweden.

Welcome to Lapland! Bem vindo à Lapónia!

in Foreca

We are now in Keminmaan. You can see Keminmaan location in the previous post.

Keminmaan is located in Lapland. In the next posts I'm going to show you the other visited places in Lapland.