Helsinki to Rovaniemi (Lapland)
We left our big suitcases in storage at our Helsinki hotel and took a flight to spend a few days in Rovaniemi in Lapland, right on the Arctic Circle.
We picked up a car at the Rovaniemi airport and drove the 10 minutes to town. It’s a very small town on a lake that had the feel of a ski village out of season.
We visited the tourist centre to get some advice on seeing the Northern Lights. We were told we had to wait for it to get really dark about midnight and if the sky was clear and we headed north away from the town’s light pollution there might be a chance. There have been reports of sightings recently but as it’s the very beginning of the season there's a bit of luck involved.
Even though sunset was at 9pm it was still light at 10:30 so we went to sleep and set the alarm for midnight. We got in the car and drove aimlessly out of town struggling to find a road without street lights. We went back to the Arktikum museum in the town centre which also was supposed to have a good view, but no luck there either, so it was back to bed.
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