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Where Finnish snow-how meets “Wow!”

Try ice sculpting, join an icebreaker cruise or bathe in a snow sauna. These destinations combine snow-how with hospitality.
 

Off the coast of Kemi, visitors can experience floating in a channel carved by an icebreaker ship.

Kemi Snow Castle

The castle has a year-round snow and ice experience SnowExperience365 on the ground floor, where you can admire ice sculptures, slide down an ice slide and dine at the ice tables with advance reservation. In winter SnowCastle Winter Park opens outside with snow fun like the snow maze, tube hill and hoijakka, a traditional type of sledge carousel. During the winter months the castle also serves as the final destination for three-hour icebreaker cruises departing from Tornio and Haparanda. 

SnowExperience365 open year round, SnowCastle Winter Park usually from mid-January to April 

An enormous snow sculpture of a reindeer is part of an elaborate wall that is also made of snow, at the Lapland Hotels Snow Village in Kittilä, northern Finland.

Lapland Hotels Snow Village, Lainio, Kittilä

The Snow Village gets built from scratch every winter, and delights its visitors with stunning ice art. In honour of its 25th anniversary, the 2026 theme is Pure Celebration, which is also reflected in the decor of their unique luxury ice suite.  

Open December to April 

Two people in bathrobes and slippers walk down a hallway whose walls, floor and ceiling are made of snow and ice at the Arctic Snow Hotel in Rovaniemi, Finland.

 Arctic Snow Hotel, Rovaniemi

The hotel’s ice sauna and snow restaurant welcome visitors during the winter season, but you can try your hand at ice sculpting or stay in a glass igloo any day of the year.  

Hotel open year round, ice hotel and snow restaurant December to March  

A row of large ice sculptures portrays various Moomin characters from Finnish author and artist Tove Jansson's books.

Moomin Ice Cave, Leppävirta near Kuopio

Slide down the ice chute to meet ice sculpture versions of the beloved Moomin characters created by Finnish author and artist Tove Jansson. If it gets too chilly, just return to ground level and warm up in pools and saunas at Vesileppis Spa. 

Open year round 

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