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Ruka Winter ('003/'004)

Ruka is not in Lapland, but Ruka is quite close to Lapland - and so it is often also called "Gate to Lapland". Around a 'Tunturi', which is some kind of mounain-ish type of collection of large hills, you can find a first-class skiing area with everything you need: supermarkets, bars, snowcats, endless routes for cross-country skiing - and of course many many Mökkis - these comfy, cozy little wooden cottages, all 'traditionally' equiped at least with fire place and sauna...



 
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We were once again invited to spend a relaxed christmas holiday in one of the cosy little wooden houses, doing nothing but eating, reading, going to sauna, have a look outside and then go right back to sauna.

Around the corner there is a first-class skiing area, one of Finlands largest skiing areas. This time we didn't try skiing yet, but had immense fun on some Snow-Cats that N.'s father rented for a short trip through the woods - until an ice-fisher informed us that we had obviously lost track and were quite close to the Finnish-Russian border. Well. Back we went. Kiitos!

Other possible winter activities in Ruka: downhill skiing, cross-country skiing (Finnland is a paradise for cross-country skiing!) and actually everything that you's like to do in the snow: Finland's North is snow-safe aproximately until the end of April / beginning of May.


snowy trees / woods
snowy trees / woods (this is actually a photo - not a painting :))


snowy hill - illuminated by night
snowy hill - in the evening (from about 2 p.m. on) the Tunturi gets illuminated


snowy street
the small streets of Ruka are mostly covered with snow - like probably everywhere in Lapland


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