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Hetta-Kilpisjärvi region is located on the "arm" of Finland, close to Sweden and Norway

Hetta-Kilpisjärvi region is blessed with arctic flat-top mountains and large wilderness areas. The endless expanses of wilderness encompass the visitor with peace and silence. Here you will find freely flowing rivers, crystal-clear lakes, vast forests, and animals and plants in their natural habitat in nearly untouched nature.

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Did you know…?
More than 60 per cent of all Finnish fells are located in the Enontekiö area, which is blessed with Arctic mountains and endless wilderness where you’ll find freely flowing rivers, crystal-clear lakes, vast forests, and animals and plants in their natural habitat in almost completely untouched nature.

Sunrise & Sunset:
Polar night or the time when sun doesn’t rise above the horizon at all is between 04.12. - 08.01

December
1st day of the Month		10th day of the month		20th day of the month
sunrise	sunset	sunrise	sunset	sunrise	sunset
11.20	12.40	---	---	---	---

*Sun doesn't rise ---

Average Temperature: December -12.3 C

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Practical Information

Located on the shores of Lake Ounasjärvi and home to just 800 residents, Hetta is an authentic and vibrant Lapp village, south of which lies the Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park. The village of Kilpisjärvi is located close to the border with Sweden and Norway, in a breathtaking landscape where fells rise to more than 1,000 metres, the highest in Finland. The Arctic Ocean is merely 40 km away.

HETTA / KILPISJÄRVI IN A NUTSHELL

- The longest winter and thickest snow in Finland
- The longest ski-season: from September 'till Midsummer Day
- More Northern Lights than anywhere else in Finland
- Biggest recorded snowfall in one day:
48 cm(29.1.1981)
- Thickest average snow: 190 cm (19.4.1997)

Hotel Jussantupa

Rooms: 30 twins, singles, triples.
Toilet/shower, telephone, radio and TV in the rooms Saunas, fire room, swimming pool, Jacuzzi, solarium, couple of the lobbies, restaurant and a bar in the hotel

Jussantupa

Hetan Majatalo

This hotel is located in the very norternest part of Finland in Hetta. The area is widely known as 'True Lapland'.

Hetan Majatalo

Lomakyla Cabins

Lomakyla

Fun, Facts & Tips

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!