Bloggers Guide To Arctic Finland 2020 contains information in relation to when and where to go in The Arctic Finland. And most often that depends on the objective goals and intentions. Here are some thoughts to consider.
- A first-time visit to Finland ever?
- First-time visit in the winter season?
- First-time visit in the summer season?
- Recreational activities?
- Winter back-country skiing, downhill skiing, snowboarding, snowshoe trekking, snowmobile safaris or other?
- Summer natural landscapes, spring season, summer season?
- Autumn season for photography and video of Lapland?
- Wild-berry foraging for bilberries, wild strawberries, raspberries, lingonberries, cranberries, and cloud-berries?
- Bird watching during the peak migration periods?
- Freshwater fishing at the lakes and rivers?
Finland does offer specific environments seasons for specific nature experiences.
The continues four changing seasons revolve differently to other parts of the world. Summer in Finland starts in July, and is relatively short 3 months, with temperatures averaging around + 10 to + 20 C during day time. There is variation from region to region, understandably, when the South region to North is approx. 1000 kilometers and 300 km (1/3) of Finland is inside the arctic circle. The extreme recorded temperature of Finland is + 37.2 °C at Liperi, on July 29, 2010. The extreme lowest is , −51.5 °C at Kittilä, on January 28, 1999.
Every region of the world for visitor attractions have their strengths and weaknesses on the global expectations of the weather climates and environments. Long winter season in the Arctic circle for skiing, ice skating, snowboarding, fat bikes, reindeer sleigh rides, snowshoe trekking, and snowmobile safaris provide some of the best conditions and environments available. Finland is a robust competitive winter sports country, skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking, and ice hockey. It is the proximity to the northern hemisphere that sets the stage for the characteristics of the region and culture.
Other countries have attributes for summer sports and recreational activities. That is the reason Hawaii is known as the place for the pipeline big surf. Similarly, West coast of American California and Australian East coast for sun surf and sand. You won’t find good surf waves in the Gulf of Bothnia, but you do find excellent skiing and snowboarding conditions with a long season in the Lapland tundra environment. Clear skies and sunshine are limited to the spring season, that starts around February and ends in April-May. Also, the unique aspect of the Nordic region is the summer season. Nordic environments are lush with natural ingredients, wild berries, and mushrooms in the summer and autumn seasons. Nordic Lapland offers fantastic trekking opportunities in the open rolling hills of Tundra.
Info for trekking. https://www.nationalparks.fi/
Arctic photography
The Arctic environment is excellent for photography, and a fantastic way to share the unique natural Arctic environment with friends and family the rest of the world, that may not have the opportunity to physically experience the Arctic environment. The Arctic environment goes through extreme changes of the seasons, and each season is uniquely stunning to experience.
Summer to autumn experience
The climate in the Nordic Lapland summer season temperature is temperate for trekking, with open views of rolling tundra hills, bubbling fresh arctic freshwater springs, drizzling creeks, running rivers and still lakes. Brilliantly vivid colors of the ground cover in the Autumn season. There is an enormous splash of colors over the landscape, from the conifers and the deciduous trees, various deciduous wild berry shrubs, and the moss-covered ground cover. The autumn colors of Lapland are an array of green, Auburn, blue, orange, red and yellow.
Winter experience
Snow covered winter wonderland, dark days of the midwinter solstice. Calm weather and constant snowfall that may go on for days. Spring season around February opens up with longer days and sunlight. Occasionally apparent night skies with twinkling stars and at times the Northern lights show with freezing frosty mornings. Morning clear blue skies and glistening white snow with a snow crust on top that lasts for several hours.
Spring Season experience
The spring season sunshine is a pleasure to experience while back country skiing along rolling tundra hills and open country. The summer season is also fantastic in the natural environment, with the new life that springs up from a long cold winter. Bird migration is often a sure sign of the coming summer, also the new growth on deciduous trees that springs up.
Arctic photography and seasonal changes
Northern photography of the seasonal changes is a rapid sequential activity in the Arctic region, life moves very fast into a quick gear during the spring and summer seasons. There are time constrained windows of opportunity during these seasonal changes.
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