Kittilä
Kittilä is a municipality of Finland and a popular holiday resort.
Kittilä is a municipality of Finland and a popular holiday resort. It is located in northern Finland north of the Arctic Circle within the Lapland region. The municipality has a population of 6,973 and covers an area of 8,262.97 square kilometres (3,190.35 sq mi) of which 168.71 km2 (65.14 sq mi) is water. The population density is 0.86 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.2/sq mi).
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The midnight sun is visible from late May to mid-July for about 45 days on the latitude of Levi. The polar night starts in early December and lasts about one month. During the winter, the northern lights are a common sight.
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Things to do
Most people come to Kittilä for downhill skiing in the winter. They head for the nearby ski centres Levi and Ylläs. There are also a host of other outdoor activities offered by tour providers, see below, sorted by village. You can also go hiking or cross-country skiing on your own in Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park. The nearest trailheads are around Aakennustunturi, both trails and skiing tracks.
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Where to eat
Try the Lappish speciality Poronkäristys (reindeer meat).
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Getting to Kittilä
- Airports
- Kittilä (KTT), 6 km · Rovaniemi (RVN), 127 km · Ivalo (IVL), 148 km
- Rovaniemi → Kittilä134 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · €15–22
- Ivalo → Kittilä156 km · quickest by road, 3h 45m · €25–35
- Oulu / Oulunsalo → Kittilä305 km · quickest by road, 5h 37m · €39–55
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kittilä
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kittilä. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in{{go | name | url | address 67.698611 | long 5 km north from the centre | phone | fax | price Kittilä Airport | image Q1347310 | content=It is served from Helsinki by Finnair (daily) and in season by Norwegian (4 times a week), in season also services by Lufthansa from München (weekly) and TUI Fly from Brussels (weekly), as well as some charter airlines from the British Isles and Central Europe.;Public transport to several destinations, partly, especially off season, as shuttle services that have to be booked in advance.
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- Get inHelsinki is reached via the Via Baltica and a short ferry passage from Tallinn, Estonia.
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