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Landmark Attractions In Lapland

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Lapland is the largest and northernmost region of Finland. The municipalities in the region cooperate in a Regional Council. Lapland borders the region of North Ostrobothnia in the south. It also borders the Gulf of Bothnia, Norrbotten County in Sweden, Finnmark County and Troms County in Norway, and Murmansk Oblast and the Republic of Karelia in Russia. Lapland's cold and wintry climate, coupled with the relative abundance of conifer trees such as pines and spruces means that it has become associated with Christmas in some countries, most notably the United Kingdom, and holidays to Lapland are common towards the end of the year. Rovaniemi Airport is t...
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  • 1. 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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  • 2. 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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  • 7. Lordi's Square Rovaniemi
    Lordi are a Finnish hard rock/heavy metal band, formed in 1992 by the band's lead singer, songwriter and costume maker, Mr Lordi . In addition to their melodic metal music, Lordi are also known for wearing monster masks and using horror elements with pyrotechnics during concerts and music videos. Lordi rose to fame in 2002 with their hit single Would You Love a Monsterman?. The band made history in 2006 by becoming the first, and still today the only, hard rock act and Finnish artist to win the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song Hard Rock Hallelujah. Lordi has toured and recorded actively since 2002, and Mr Lordi upgrades the bands costumes and masks for every album. Their ninth studio album Sexorcism was released in May 2018. The band has gone through several line-up changes, but orig...
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  • 10. 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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