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The Best Attractions In Enontekio

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Enontekiö is a municipality in the Finnish part of Lapland with approx. 1,900 inhabitants. It is situated in the outermost northwest of the country and occupies a large and very sparsely populated area of about 8,400 square kilometres between the Swedish and Norwegian border. Finland's highest point, the Halti fell with a height of 1,324 metres above the mean sea level, lies in the north of Enontekiö, where the municipality occupies a part of the Scandinavian Mountains. The administrative centre of Enontekiö is the village of Hetta. About one fifth of the community's population are Sami people. Enontekiö's main industries are tourism and reindeer h...
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  • 1. Hetta Huskies Enontekio
    Hetta is the main village in the municipality of Enontekiö in the north-west part of Finnish Lapland. It is also the municipality's administrative centre and the start or end point of the standard trekking / skiing route across the Pallas-Yllastunturi National Park. Enontekiö Airport is located 9 kilometres west of Hetta and generally has flights from Helsinki in the Spring months. Otherwise, the nearest Finnish airport is Kittilä, c. 2 hours South although Alta, in Norway is a similar distance. Tromso , Kiruna and Rovaniemi are all a similar distance although flying into Tromso is a good option if your intention is to spend the majority of your time in the far West of Enontekiö, in the village of Kilpisjärvi. Hetta is a popular tourist destination for cross country skiers and winter ...
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  • 5. Enontekio Church Enontekio
    Enontekiö is a municipality in the Finnish part of Lapland with approx. 1,900 inhabitants. It is situated in the outermost northwest of the country and occupies a large and very sparsely populated area of about 8,400 square kilometres between the Swedish and Norwegian border. Finland's highest point, the Halti fell with a height of 1,324 metres above the mean sea level, lies in the north of Enontekiö, where the municipality occupies a part of the Scandinavian Mountains. The administrative centre of Enontekiö is the village of Hetta. About one fifth of the community's population are Sami people. Enontekiö's main industries are tourism and reindeer husbandry.
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  • 7. Halti Enontekio
    Halti is a fell at the border between Norway and Finland. The peak of the fell, called Ráisduattarháldi, is in Norway, on the border between the municipalities of Nordreisa and Gáivuotna–Kåfjord, about 1 kilometre north of the border with Finland. The highest point of the fell on the Finnish side is at 1,324 m above sea level, and thus the highest point in the country. The Finnish side of Halti belongs to the municipality of Enontekiö in the province of Lapland. The highest point in Finland is on a spur of Ráisduattarháldi at 1,324 m known as Hálditšohkka at the border of Norway. The peak proper is not in Finland; border marker is on a hill. The highest mountain whose peak is in Finland is Ridnitšohkka, at 1,316 m and a few kilometers from Halti. Halti was measured and mapped b...
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  • 8. Saana Kilpisjarvi
    For the Yemeni city, see Sana'aSaana is a fell in Enontekiö, Finland. Saana's summit lies 1,029 metres above sea level and 556 m above the adjacent Kilpisjärvi lake. Geologically it is part of the Scandinavian Mountains, and is made of the same kinds of schist and gneiss rock. The mountain was historically considered sacred to the Sami people. The peak is a popular destination for hikers and backpackers because of the sweeping views offered at the summit.In December 2017, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Finland, Saana was lit with blue light. The area illuminated covered roughly 2.5 million square meters, making it the largest art illumination in the world.
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  • 9. Pallas-Yllastunturi National Park Muonio
    Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park is the third-largest national park in Finland, covering 1,020 square kilometres . It is located in the Lapland region, in the municipalities of Enontekiö, Kittilä, Kolari and Muonio. It was established in 2005, when Pallas-Ounastunturi National Park was joined with Ylläs-Aakenus Protected Area. Fell chain across the National Park is almost 100 kilometres long. The highest fell Taivaskero 807 metres masl is located in middle, in Pallas area. The high fells of the park are the southernmost place to see some arctic species in Finland. Most of the park consists of primeval forests and various types of muskeg. In 2016, the measurement station for air quality in the national park has been reported to have the cleanest air on the planet.Pallas-Yllästunturi N...
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  • 10. The Three Nations' Border Point Kilpisjarvi
    The Lapland War was fought between Finland and Nazi Germany effectively from September to November 1944 in Finland's northernmost region, Lapland, during World War II. Although Finns and Germans had been fighting the Soviet Union together since 1941 during the Continuation War, the Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive in the summer of 1944 forced Finnish leadership to negotiate a separate peace agreement. The Moscow Armistice demanded Finland break diplomatic ties with Germany and expel or disarm any German soldiers left in Finland after 15 September 1944. The Wehrmacht had anticipated the turn of events and drawn up plans for an organised withdrawal to German-occupied Norway called Operation Birke . Despite a failed offensive landing operation by Germany in the Gulf of Finland, the evac...
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