Destination guides

Nordic destinations planned around what you actually book.

Each destination has an overview with the numbers that decide the trip, a where-to-stay page with named hotels by base and live prices, and short booking guides by month, tour and trip length. 41 guides and 84 named stays so far.

Coastal ship leaving Tromsø harbour in winter with the Arctic Cathedral and snow-covered mountains behind
Norway

Tromsø

Plan Tromsø for northern lights, polar night and whale season: daylight by month, airport transfers, where to stay and which tours to book first.

Reine in Lofoten in winter with snow-covered peaks reflected in the still fjord
Norway

Lofoten

Plan Lofoten around the season: winter storms and aurora, the midnight-sun hiking window, arriving via Bodø or Evenes, and which rorbuer to book first.

The wooden Hanseatic warehouses of Bryggen along the Bergen waterfront
Norway

Bergen

Plan Bergen as the base for Nærøyfjord and Flåm day trips: how the Nutshell loop works, what the rain means by month, airport transfers and where to stay.

Levi resort village and Sirkka seen from the fell at dusk with snow-covered forest
Finland

Levi

Plan Levi in Finnish Lapland: ski season and daylight by month, Kittilä Airport transfers, where to stay in the village or an aurora cabin, and which tours to book first.

Snow-covered pines and fell slope near Saariselkä in Finnish Lapland in winter light
Finland

Saariselkä

Plan Saariselkä for glass igloos, northern lights and polar night: daylight by month, Ivalo Airport transfers, three bases and what to book first.

Low winter sun over the frozen shore of the Altafjord near Alta in Finnmark
Norway

Alta

Plan Alta for northern lights, polar night, dog sledding and the igloo hotel: drier inland skies than Tromsø, daylight by month, airport access and where to stay.

Snow-covered Ylläs fell with its ski slopes seen from the ice of Lake Ylläsjärvi
Finland

Ylläs

Plan Ylläs in Finnish Lapland: the 719 m fell, two villages, 330 km of cross-country tracks, Kittilä and Kolari transfers, where to stay and what to book first.

Snow towers and walls of the Kemi SnowCastle under a clear late-winter sky
Finland

Kemi

Plan Kemi on the Bothnian Bay: the icebreaker Sampo cruise, the SnowCastle area, daylight by month, trains and flights, where to stay and what to book first.

Still choosing?

Compare the trip before the destination.

The cross-destination guides settle Norway or Lapland, season and traveler type first.