Lompolo, Finland
Fri 8 Feb 2019 - Mon 11 Feb 2019
Today we would be driving to Lompolo from Kittila, about 1 hour away (58 km). We would be staying at an airbnb cottage (RM1273 for 3 nights or EUR92 per night). The cottage is located in a small village - Lompolo with a lake and reindeer farm next door. It also provided free snowshoes, kicksled, ski equipment and sauna. For the 3 nights we stayed there, it was just doing winter activities on our own. There is also a ski track behind the cottage for cross country skiing. For groceries and fuel, we bought a 3 day supply from Kittila as there is no shops or petrol stations nearby.
On the first night we were fortunate again to experience the Northern lights, but it was much fainter than the first one we saw in Kittila. It was definitely dancing though.
It was so cold that the water pipe was frozen. We had to call the owner and help came from the neighbours to heat up the pipes. We got back the water supply by the evening. Prior to that, we boiled the ice from outside to get water and we even cooked our instant noodle with it!
After a 3 night stay enjoying the winter wonderland of Finnish Lapland, we made our way back to Rovaniemi, about 2.5 hours away (200 km).
Today we would be driving to Lompolo from Kittila, about 1 hour away (58 km). We would be staying at an airbnb cottage (RM1273 for 3 nights or EUR92 per night). The cottage is located in a small village - Lompolo with a lake and reindeer farm next door. It also provided free snowshoes, kicksled, ski equipment and sauna. For the 3 nights we stayed there, it was just doing winter activities on our own. There is also a ski track behind the cottage for cross country skiing. For groceries and fuel, we bought a 3 day supply from Kittila as there is no shops or petrol stations nearby.
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| Lompolo cottage |
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| living room |
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| bedroom |
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| kitchen |
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| snowshoe |
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| ski equipment |
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| kicksled |
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| ski track behind our cottage |
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| fairies route for snowshoeing |
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| fairies route for snowshoeing |
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| us snowshoeing |
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| fairies route for snowshoeing |
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| fairies hut on the fairies route |
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| fairies hut on the fairies route |
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| frozen lake Lompolojarvi |
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| frozen lake Lompolojarvi |
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| trees by the frozen lake |
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| frolicking on the frozen lake |
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| reindeer farm next door |
On the first night we were fortunate again to experience the Northern lights, but it was much fainter than the first one we saw in Kittila. It was definitely dancing though.
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| faint aurora at Lompolo |
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| faint aurora at Lompolo |
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| faint aurora at Lompolo |
It was so cold that the water pipe was frozen. We had to call the owner and help came from the neighbours to heat up the pipes. We got back the water supply by the evening. Prior to that, we boiled the ice from outside to get water and we even cooked our instant noodle with it!
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| boiling the ice from outside |
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| enjoying instant noodle with a view |
After a 3 night stay enjoying the winter wonderland of Finnish Lapland, we made our way back to Rovaniemi, about 2.5 hours away (200 km).
Labels: Travelogue
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