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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Village Kakslauttanen is located in the Saariselka fell area amidst beautiful, stunning Finnish Lapland scenery in the vicinity of Urho Kekkonen National Park along the road leading to Nordkap and the Arctic Ocean. Hotel Kakslauttanen is the home of the famous Igloo Village with the unique Glass and Snow Igloos and a World's Largest Snow Restaurant.The Northern Lights (Aurora borealis) are visible from late August to late April.
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Average Temperature: December -12.3 C Lapland is the magnificent country of fells, reindeers and Northern Lights. It is also a vast geographical area laying in the northern most part of the Scandinavia spreading to the area of the four different countries: Finland, Russia, Norway and Sweden. It is however also a cultural as well as political area. The population density in Lapland is about 2 people/km², which means that most parts of the Lapland are real wilderness. Hotel & Igloo Village Kakslauttanen is situated in Finnish Lapland. The vast and breathtaking fell area of Saariselka lies 300km north of the Arctic Circle and Kakslauttanen is a mere 80km from the Russian border. The ski resort of Saariselka can be reached regularly by the Ski Bus from just outside of the hotel. Around a 20-minute ride, the little town offers several shopping and dining options.
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The unique charm of Kakslauttanen, set in the pine forests and rolling fells of Western Lapland, provides a special backdrop for a the Kakslauttanen Hotel.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!
