Lapland Travel Links

Tours from abroad (England, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain etc.): http://www.gonowfinland.com

Santa Tours by UK and Irish tour operators: http://www.visitfinland.com/uk/

The Tourism Expert / Tourismus Team Europe TTE (almost all about Lapland, 10 languages, 12 categories: travelling, sightseeing, accommodation, activities, sports, events, maps, cities, regions etc.): http://www.tte.ch/finland/lapland/

A Day in Magical Lapland (tours from Helsinki): http://www.helsinkiexpert.fi

Arctic Airgate: http://www.arcticairgate.com/

Boreal Tours (tours with a very good detailed program): http://www.boreal-tours.com

Bus Travel in Lapland (routes & timetables): http://www.eskelisen-lapinlinjat.com/en/index.php

Canterbury Tales from Ireland: http://www.canterbury-tales.com

Car Rental Club Nord (Ivalo): http://www.clubnord.info

Car Rental "Finn Car Rental": http://www.finn-car-rental.fi

Car Rental Lapland Budget: http://www.laplandbudget.com

Car Rental Scandia Rent: http://www.scandiarent.fi/index_e.htm

Cosmos Holidays: http://www.cosmos-holidays.co.uk

Discover your own Lapland: http://www.laplandhotels.com/?deptid=22005

Eclipse Holidays: http://www.eclipseholidays.com

Emagine UK Limited (tours from England to Lapland: day trips and longer visits, Lapland Tours, Santa Claus Tours, New Year or Easter in Lapland): http://www.emagine-travel.co.uk/

Enjoy Europe: http://www.enjoy-europe.com/cds/finland.htm

Fairwind Travel: http://www.fairwind.fi

Falcon Travel: http://www.falcontravel.ie

Finland Travel Club: http://groups.msn.com/FinlandTravelClub/_whatsnew.msnw  

Finnair - Santa's official airline: http://www.finnair.com

Finnish Lapland: http://english.laplandfinland.com/

First Choice: http://www.firstchoice.co.uk

Friendly Finland Tours (tours from Helsinki: Winter in the Wilderness, Christmas Packages, A taste of night in an igloo under the northern lights, North Cape Tour etc.): http://www.smt.fi/english

Gift Heaven - Winter in Wonderland: http://www.gift-heaven.com/lapland_holidays.htm

Go Finland (events, special offers, packages, search etc.): http://www.gofinland.fi/gfcp/gftp?language=en and http://www.gofinland.net

Helicopter flights (wilderness flights for fishermen & hikers, sightseeing flights): http://www.heliflite.fi

Holidays.fi (accommodation, ski resorts & car rental in Finland): http://www.suomenlomapalvelu.fi, http://www.holidays.fi

Home and Abroad: http://www.homeandabroad.ie

IGLU Lapland: http://www.iglulapland.com

I go You go - a travel community of real people (travel stories from Lapland): http://www.igougo.com/planning/destinationHome.asp?LocationID=929

Important Finland Facts: http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/.35955/159/?s=850935955

JMC: http://www.jmc.com

Kittilä Journal - A Texan in Lapland (a very nice visitor´s report: scenes from Kittilä and Levi Fell, a study in Arctic Light, tips for visiting Levi etc.): http://www.lelawhisnant.net/kittilajournal/index.htm

Kwik Travel: http://www.kwiktravel.com/content/view/12/78/

Lapland by Euro Tourism (choose a category from the list and then click on the symbols on the map): http://www.eurotourism.com/fi/eng_laani.asp?laani=1&kategori=0  

Lapland Direct (Budget Santa Holidays): http://www.laplanddirect.com

Lapland Experience: http://www.laplandexperience.com

Lapland Finland: http://www.laplandfinland.com

Lapland Leisure Tours (packages, hotels, cottages, apartments, activities, offers, sauna/wellness, fishing packages to Russia): http://www.lapinlomamatkat.com/index_en.html

Lapland Magic: http://www.lapland.tv

Lapland Magic: http://www.laplandmagic.com

Lapland Santa Holidays: http://www.lapland-from-anywhere.co.uk/

Lapland Travel Club: http://sites.google.com/site/laplandclub/ and http://laplandclub.multiply.com

Lapland Wild Side: http://www.lapland.ws

Magic of Lapland: http://www.magicoflapland.net

Media Travel: http://mediatravel.co.uk

Nordic Holidays: http://www.nordicholidays.com

Northern Countryside: http://www.kemijokiholiday.com

Online Lapland Information: http://www.polar-blue.fi/

Page Moy: http://www.page-moy.co.uk

Polar Travel: http://www.polartravel.net/en/

Reisverslagen: http://www.reisverslagen.nl/lapland.html

Renthouse Ruka (adventures, experiences, snowmobile/car/tent rental, ice karting, frisbee golf): http://www.rukaadventures.fi/english/index.html

Route planner and additional information: http://www.journey.fi/en/

SantaClausTrips (Visit Santa this Christmas in Lapland! Imagine spending a short break beyond the Artic Circle, in a region of such beauty that the scenery, the magical atmosphere and, of course, the cold, cold air combine to take your breath away. This is Lapland, the spellbound, unspoilt region in the north of Finland, so beautiful that Santa Claus chose it as home. And if you visit Lapland in the magical weeks leading up to Christmas, there is the added anticipation that at any moment you may bump into the grand old man himself. Above all, it is a land where you can watch the sparkle in children's wide open eyes as they set out in search of the real Santa Claus. It's magic - and with SantaClausTrips.co.uk you'll come to believe it.): http://www.santaclaustrips.co.uk

Santa Days: http://www.santadays.co.uk

Santa Finders: http://www.santafinders.com

Santa Holidays: http://www.santa-holidays.com/

Santa Trips: http://www.santatrips.co.uk/

Santa Trips Online: http://www.santatripsonline.co.uk/

Scandinavica: http://www.scandinavica.com

Scan Meridian (high quality Father Christmas Tours for families: mid December, Christmas & New Year): http://www.scanmeridian.co.uk/christmas/

Scan Tours (good tours from Helsinki): http://www.scantours.com/finland.htm

Snow Land: http://www.snowland.fi

Snow Tours - Lapland Travel Ltd: http://www.lumilomat.fi

Solo's Holidays: http://www.solosholidays.co.uk

Taxi cab service in Kilpisjärvi: http://www.kilpistaksi.com

Taxi cab service in Ylläs / Äkäslompolo: http://www.mikontaksi.fi/english_index.htm

The New York Times (articles about Lapland): http://travel2.nytimes.com/top/features/travel/destinations/europe/finland/guide.html?excamp=GGTRfinland

The Travel Experience: http://www.travel-experience.net 

Touring Cars Finland (the biggest rental office for touring cars in Scandinavia, offices in Helsinki, Kuopio, Rovaniemi, Ivalo, Stockholm and Oslo): http://www.touringcarsfinland.fi/

Transun: http://www.transun.co.uk

Traveling in Lapland: http://www.oulu.fi/pohti/travel.html

Traveling in the land of Sami: http://www.ulapland.fi/home/sakk/index.html 

United Travel: http://www.unitedtravel.ie

Washington Times: http://www.internationalspecialreports.com/archives/99/finland/25.html

Weather and climate: http://groups.msn.com/FinlandTravelClub/weather.msnw

Welcome to travel Finnish Lapland - the home of Santa Claus: http://www.santa.fi

Wild and Free: http://www.wildandfree.com/

Read also our tips about traveling from Helsinki to Lapland.

Travelling from Helsinki to Lapland

Route planner and additional information: http://www.journey.fi/en/

By airplane

Finnair flights from Helsinki to Enontekiö, Ivalo, Kemi, Kittilä, Kuusamo, Oulu and Rovaniemi. Finnair is Santa`s official airline. See http://www.finnair.com. There are daily connections year round from Helsinki to Lapland. Flight times from Helsinki to destinations in Lapland:

Ivalo (near Hotel & Igloo Village Kakslauttanen) 1 h 35 min

Kemi/Tornio 1 h 10 min

Kittilä 1 h 45 min

Rovaniemi 1 h 20 min

Check also possible quick getaways!

Finncomm Airlines flights from Helsinki to Enontekiö (Kilpisjärvi, Saana Fell, Norway and Arctic Ocean accessible easily), Kemi, Kittilä and Kuusamo: http://www.fc.fi/home/ and http://matkailu.enontekio.fi/?deptid=17483

Blue 1 flights from Helsinki to Oulu, Kittilä and Rovaniemi: http://www.blue1.com

By bus

Eskelisen Lapin Linjat (routes Helsinki-Rovaniemi-Nordkapp and Helsinki-Rovaniemi-Tromsa): http://www.eskelisen-lapinlinjat.com/en/index.php

Matkahuolto: http://www.matkahuolto.com/en/

By train

Train connections Helsinki - Kolari (995 kilometers, about 13 hours) and Helsinki- Rovaniemi (900 kilometers, about 9-10 hours, night trains are slower) several times a day. All night trains have sleeper cabins with beds. On the way from Helsinki to Lapland you will see beautiful Finnish landscape. Trains are the cheapest way to travel to Lapland. It is also possible to take your car with you to and from Lapland on the so called "car train". For more details and timetables see http://www.vr.fi/heo/eng/lapin_matkat/lapin_matkat.htm and http://www.vr.fi/heo/eng/index.html . You can also buy tickets online.

Tours

A Day in Magical Lapland: http://www.helsinkiexpert.fi , http://www.helsinkiexpert.fi/tours/

Friendly Finland Tours: http://www.smt.fi/english 

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