Sunrise & Sunset:
Polar night or the time when sun doesn’t rise above the horizon at all is between 04.12. - 08.01
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Harriniva is located in Western-Lapland, near the Pallas-Ounastunturi national park, close to the road E8, 3 km South from Muonio village. It is situated next to the Muonio River and hundreds of kilometres of snowmobile, cross country skiing and hiking traks. The combination of these provides endless possibilities for different activities all year round.
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Average Temperature: December -12.3 C When the deep autumn colours are shrouded in the pure white snow, a whole new world of activities opens up before your eyes. A vast range of activities, from crosscountry skiing, snowshoe trekking, rally driving on ice to dog sled, reindeer and snowmobile safaries are available in this resort. Winter is the longest of the Lappish seasons and lasts approximately 200 days. In Muonio on the 10th of December, starts the Polar Night when the sun does not rise above the horizon. It is the blue moment of the year and an experience in itself. Even though the sun does not appear, there are approximately 6 hours of daylight during the day and the glow from the moon, the snow and the Northern Lights give storylike surroundings for the winter activities. The next time we see the warming rays of the sun is on the 3rd of January. |
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Family owned by Maria and Kopi Pietikainen, the hotel has 46 pine-clad rooms all with their own private wc/shower. There are two restaurants, one in the main part of the hotel and the other, a traditional Kota restaurant where you have dinner during one night of your stay........Legends around the northern lights, or the Aurora Borealis by their scientific name, are many. The northern lights have always been respected and feared. In Finland, people used to believe that it was dangerous to say the name in Finnish, “revontuli” aloud. According to one old belief, laughing at this nocturnal phenomenon could even be lethal!
