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The cat in the suitcase
Natasha French Guest post You’re looking forward to a sunny break in these dark days of winter. Your bags are packed, but your dog won’t leave your side and the cat has most likely stalked off in a fury. That’s unless you have a cat like my beautiful chocolate and cream Burmese cross. She takes [...]
Northern Lights Time Lapse Video
The northern lights this last week have some of the strongest for years, amazing in dire hard locals who don’t go outside for anything less than a full on display. Typical, since this last week I have been in England and I have missed them completely. But never fear, here is a wonderful time lapse [...]
More Under Ice Madness
As if the unsettling under water ice fishing was strange enough, a group of divers in Austria it seems have come up with a new craze: underwater hockey. It’s only a matter of time before this takes off over here in Finland too!
More Snow Than You Can Shake A Stick At
I was going to write a post about how much snow we have here in Kuusamo, but a picture, as they say, paints a thousand words. So here’s three thousand words for you. And every single one of them is snow.
Under The Ice
What happens when you mix a couple of bored fisherman, an iced over lake and an underwater video camera? This crazy and unsettling video. It took me a lot longer than it should to work out they were upside down.
Light; the best way to travel
People who consider themselves a bit of a globetrotter will always tell you; moving light is the best way to travel. You won’t be burdened by heavy bags which can interfere with the enjoyment of your trip. When travelling anywhere – be it locally or internationally – you want the focus of the journey to [...]
Win A Holiday To Finland
Whether it’s to see the northern lights Visit Santa Sleep in an igloo Take a husky safari Or maybe go on a snowmobile trip through the pristine wilderness. Or perhaps you’d prefer summer to see the midnight sun Hike through the unspoilt forests and swim in lakes so clean you can drink them? Or perhaps [...]
Fun on the snowy playground in Ruka
Yup, STILL snowing here in Kuusamo. At this rate we are going to have a record winter of the white stuff. And whilst it may be a pain for us adults at times, it’s nothing but joy for the kids. Up at the playground in Ruka, the slides are so slidey you fly right off [...]
Beautiful snowy pictures from Kuusamo Lapland
Happy New Year to you all! 2012 looks set to be a very snowy one in Ruka and Kuusamo, we have had nothing but snow now for about 4 weeks; a continuous deluge of white stuff falling from the sky. And whilst it makes it things a little more difficult in every day life, things [...]
Elves Decorate AirBaltic Plane
One of the AirBaltic planes gets a festive make-over at Riga airport. I really wish I’d been at the airport to see this. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-UinluQJpE AirBaltic are a budget airline that fly from Riga, Latvia, all over Europe. They don’t fly to Kuusamo airport, sadly, but do fly to Oulu and Rovaniemi.
Ruka and Kuusamo Snow Update
After a very slow start to the winter here in Kuusamo, we are finally up and running. Sort of. We have about 10 cms of natural snow on the ground with plenty more snow forecast over the next few days. The temperature is forecast to be between 0 and -5C for the next few days [...]
Is Lapland on your bucket list?
We’ve all got one, haven’t we? That list of places and things we want to experience before we die. I’ve been lucky enough to tick a number of things off mine in the last few years but there are still plenty more on there. Here’s a few of mine. Visit the Pyramids of Egypt Everything [...]
Incredible video of the northern lights in Lapland
We had our first northern lights sighting last week and it’s got me all excited about the coming winter and sights like this being here soon. Find out more about the northern lights in Kuusamo Photo source: Image Editor
Husky Safaris in Ruka Kuusamo
The excitable yapping and barking of the dogs straining against their harness; your breath spiralling from your mouth in the frozen air; footsteps crunching through the snow as you make your way to the dog sled for your trip through the beautiful wilderness powered by eager canines. Flying through forest, following the winding, narrow path; zooming over [...]
When to go skiing in Ruka
It’s that time of the year again: time to start thinking about your winter ski holidays. When is the best time to come skiing in Ruka? Well, that all depends on what you want. November We may not have much in the way of ground snow in November but thanks to snow stored from last [...]
Hi, I'm Heather and this is my blog and travel guide to Ruka and Kuusamo, Lapland
