Sights
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10 sights · nearest to Columbus
Urho Kekkonen National Park
Finland · Lapland · Saariselkä
Finland's second largest national park, 2,550 km² of subarctic wilderness. Fell plateaus and old spruce forest northeast of Saariselkä.
Saana Fell
Finland · Lapland · Kilpisjärvi
A 1,029-metre fell above Kilpisjärvi at Finland's westernmost tip. One of Lapland's most accessible summit hikes.
Siida — Sami Museum and Nature Centre
Finland · Lapland · Inari
The national museum of Finnish Sámi culture, on the shore of Lake Inari. Its permanent collection traces 10,000 years of Sámi life.
Pielpajärvi Wilderness Church
Finland · Lapland · Inari
An eighteenth-century log church on an isthmus between two lakes near Inari. Reachable only on foot or by ski.
Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park
Finland · Lapland · Muonio
Finland's most visited national park, along a 60 km chain of ancient fells. The Hetta–Pallas route is the best-known multi-day trek.
Muotkatunturi Wilderness Area
Finland · Lapland · Utsjoki
A 1,554 km² wilderness area on the Norwegian border in northern Lapland. No maintained trails and almost no huts.
Lemmenjoki National Park
Finland · Lapland · Njurgulahti
Europe's largest national park, 2,850 km² of river valley, forest and fell. Gold panners have worked its rivers for over a century.
Lake Inari
Finland · Lapland · Inari
Finland's third largest lake, 1,040 km² of open water and 3,000 islands. Sacred Sámi fishing grounds in the far north of Lapland.
Aavasaksa Hill
Finland · Lapland · Ylitornio
The southernmost point in Finland where the midnight sun is visible. A hill on the Torne River, visited for the solstice since the 1700s.
Tankavaara Gold Village
Finland · Lapland · Tankavaara
A living museum of Finland's gold rush, deep in Lapland. Prospectors have panned the Tankavaara rivers since the 1870s.