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Dach & Benelux Midnight Sun Event and Post Tour to Ylläs & Levi, 10.6.-16.6.2024

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Midnight Sun Workshop 2024 sales event and post tour to Ylläs and Levi organized in cooperation with Finnair, 10.6.-16.6.2024.

For tour operators from DACH and Benelux, by invitation only.
Credits: Harri Tarvainen

Quick facts

Accommodation

Rovaniemi
10.6.-11.6.2024
Apukka Resort

Rovaniemi
11.6.-13.6.2024
Santa´s Hotel Santa Claus

Ylläs
13.6.-14.6.2024
Lapland Hotels Äkäshotelli

Levi
14.6.-16.6.2024
Break Sokos Hotel Levi

Flights

June 10 flights to Helsinki from home destinations
June 10 AY 535 HEL-RVN 16.00-17.15
June 16 AY 574 KTT-HEL 14:10-15.30
June 16 flights to home destinations from Helsinki

Bring along

Comfortable and weatherproof outdoor clothing (including good walking shoes, hat, and sun cream)
Swimsuit for the sauna
Happy mood!

Welcome to experience Ylläs and Levi!

Eight seasons. Seven fells. Genuine Lappish villages. One national park with the world’s cleanest air. Explore and discover throughout the year in Ylläs, Lapland, Finland.

Levi is a year-round holiday destination in Finnish Arctic Lapland, 170 km north of the Arctic Circle. A small village that offers numerous quality services for guests who want to experience the Northern Lights, golf among reindeer, visit Santa Claus and elves, meet Husky dogs or take part in unforgettable nature adventures.

Program

Credits : Visit Levi
Credits: Visit Levi

Monday June 10, 2024

Flights to Helsinki from home destinations

16.00 AY 535 from Helsinki to Rovaniemi

17.15 arrival in Rovaniemi
Meet your Visit Finland host Ulla Hempel at the airport.

Transfer to Apukka Resort for igloo accommodation

Check-in 

19.30 Dinner at igloo village

Overnight

Tuesday June 11, 2024

Breakfast

9.15-9.30 Check-out and gathering together at hotel lobby 
Rovaniemi Minitour groups will be revealed and everyone joins his/her tour.

10.00-14.00 Experience Rovaniemi in Summer 
Lunch included.

14.30 Arrival and check-in to Santa´s Hotel Santa Claus

17:00–20:00 Get-together evening event at Korundi House of Culture for both suppliers and buyers hosted by Visit Finland, Finnair and Visit Rovaniemi. Short walk to Korundi from the hotel.

Short walk back to the hotel

Wednesday June 12, 2024

Breakfast at the hotel

Workshop at Lappia Hall
Short walk to Lappia Hall from the hotel.

09:30-10:00 Morning coffee 

10:00-12:30 Workshop meetings 

12:30-13:30 Buffet lunch 

13:30-17:00 Workshop meetings 
Short walk back to the hotel.

19:30 Dinner à la Lapland at Valdemari (Dress code: Marimekko T-shirt) 
Short walk to Valdemari from the hotel.

21:00 Party Like a Finn – midsummer celebration 

01:30 – Good nightless night! 
Short walk back to the hotel.

Thursday June 13, 2024

Breakfast and check-out

9:30 Transfer from Rovaniemi to Ylläs
Transfer approx. 2 h

11:30 Check-in to Lapland Hotels Äkäshotelli
Your host will be there waiting for you.

12:00 Lunch at Jolie cafe and lounge

13:00-16:00 Electric fat bike experience with Sisu Outdoors. The Fatbike tour is
ridden by premium quality electric assist Fatbikes. Thanks to this wide tire "ATV"
you’ll get to see more of our beautiful landscapes with less effort and have more fun on the way. You’ll be smiling through your entire ride, even on the uphills! During the trip, you’ll take a coffee break in a cute wilderness cafe Navettagalleria.

17:00 Dinner at restaurant Rouhe

19:00 Walk to Ylläksen Yöpuu

19:30-20:30 Authentic Finnish sauna by the lake at Ylläksen Yöpuu
Enjoy the wonderful heat of a rustic sauna, heated by the wood and have a
refreshing dip in the lake, admiring the surrounding nature.

Friday June 14, 2024

9:00 Breakfast at Äkäshotelli

10:30 Picnic hike and cooking on a campfire with Ylläs Experience
At first you will take a little hike with a local guide Saku, Ylläs Experiences tel. +358505405404, to a small hut. There you’ll cook lunch by the campfire. Using local ingredients to cook on an open fire is a remarkable way to immerse yourself in the country’s food culture.

15:30 Relaxing outdoor yoga with Aava Lapland
Meet your host Anu, tel. +358405138454. 

17:00 Dinner at restaurant Saaga

19.00 Evening at Särestöniemi Art Museum
Your host will meet you on arrival. Now is your chance to be an artist! Visit in Särestöniemi Museum gives you a chance to get to know the Särestöniemi Museum, its history and the artist himself. Through painting workshop you are able to feel the art and get inspired of it when creating something own. 

Transfer to Levi and to your accommodation Break Sokos Levi

Evening snack 

Saturday June 15, 2024

Breakfast 

9.00 Hotel inspection 

10.00 Visit on top of Levi
On a clear day you can see all the way to the Ylläs-Pallas National Park.

12.00 Lunch

13.00 Kinos ferry cruise on lakes Sirkkajärvi and Levijärvi with beautiful views of the Levi fell

15.00 Accommodation inspections of Levi 

17.00 Halipuu hammock evening
Leave your worries and stress behind and spend the evening swaying gently in a cosy nest between the trees.

19.30 Dinner 

Sunday June 16, 2024

Breakfast and check-out 

10.00 Husky Kennel Visit 

12.00 Departure to the airport 

14.05 AY574 from Kittilä to Helsinki

Flights to home destinations

Regional contacts

Visit Finland contacts

Ulla Hempel
ulla.hempel@businessfinland.fi, +49 176 439 15 335

Lotta Manner
famtrips@businessfinland.fi
+358505699108

Useful links

Sustainable Travel Finland

Weather

See also

Finland – land of the Midnight Sun

The Midnight Sun – iconic natural phenomena in Finland.