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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any recommendations for hotels in Helsinki and accommodations in Lapland?[/quote]

In Helsinki, stay at Hotel Kamp or Klaus K.  We went to Rovaniemi 10 years ago and stayed at a Scandic, but it was nothing special.  Now, there are several of those igloo styled hotels.  I would definitely stay in one of those.  I also wouldn’t bother with the train between the two, just fly.  [/quote]

Thank you for your response!  So we won't miss anything if we don't take the train (scenery-wise)?  Also, did you rent a car in Rovaniemi?  We want to stay somewhere outside of the town, like the igloo hotels you mentioned.[/quote]

It’s just a lot of forest, like hours and hours of forest, which you’ll also see plenty of in Rovaniemi.  We did not rent a car.  We went for a long weekend with the purpose of going to Santa’s Village with our toddler. We lived in Helsinki, at the time.  The Northern Lights were not in a period of high activity while we were there and it was not a “thing” to go see them then. We did the main touristy things - Santa’s Village, the other Santa place (one is much better than the other), reindeer sleigh ride, dog sled ride, etc. Driving in Finland is really easy, so I would decide based on whatever else you plan to do in Rovaniemi. We’re actually in the early stages of planning a trip for Thanksgiving week and trying to decide if we’ll return to Finland or go to Iceland.[/quote]

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