--- title: "Ivalo – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Ivalo from Kittilä, Rovaniemi and Oulu / Oulunsalo: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Ivalo is a village in the…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/ivalo" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/ivalo.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/2018-07_Ivalo_085.jpg/3840px-2018-07_Ivalo_085.jpg" --- ![Ivalo](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/2018-07_Ivalo_085.jpg/3840px-2018-07_Ivalo_085.jpg) # Ivalo Ivalo is a village in the municipality of Inari, Lapland, Finland, located on the Ivalo River 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Lake Inari in the Arctic Circle. [Plan a trip to Ivalo](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Ivalo) [From Kittilä](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kittil%C3%A4&to=Ivalo) ## Every way there - Kittilä → Ivalo 156 km · quickest by road, 3h 45m · €25–35 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kittila-to-ivalo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kittil%C3%A4&to=Ivalo) - Rovaniemi → Ivalo 253 km · quickest by road, 4h 8m · €29–41 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/rovaniemi-to-ivalo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Rovaniemi&to=Ivalo) - Oulu / Oulunsalo → Ivalo 425 km · quickest by road, 7h 35m · €50–75 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/oulu-oulunsalo-to-ivalo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Oulu+%2F+Oulunsalo&to=Ivalo) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Ivalo, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Ivalo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ivalo) What Ivalo has - Y Scheduled flights Ivalo (IVL), 8 km - Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 5 timetable feeds for this country, 4 with real-time - N Ferries no crossing within 25 km - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. 68.650°, 27.550° It has a population of 3,998 as of 2003 and a small airport, located 11 kilometres southwest from Ivalo. 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Ivalo is a very popular resort named Saariselkä. The closest border crossing into Russia is about 50 km from Ivalo: the Raja-Jooseppi border station is staffed by Finland's authorities. Get in ## Getting to Ivalo 1. Ivalo Airport To get to Ivalo, there's an online bookable transport service from the airport and Ivalo and onto Inari. See ## Worth seeing Although quite large, Ivalo is not that well-known by tourists. The village was destroyed during the Lapland War 1944–1945. Most tourist businesses offer services for outdoor activities and visiting the nearby areas. The northern limit for spruce is near the town. Here are still some big spruces, while few non-planted ones grow much to the north. Do ## Things to do The Ivalo River (Ivalojoki) through the town was the site of a gold rush upstream in the 1870s, and some gold panners still try their luck. The former "Crown Station" Ivalojoen Kultala has been restored and is open for visitors (no fee). There is also an open wilderness hut and a rental hut at the site. Eat ## Where to eat Hotels are your best bet, although there may also be some restaurants. How locals move ## Getting around Ivalo the local way - Get in The only scheduled services are twice daily flights to Helsinki (1:40) on Finnair, although there are many charter flights from all over Europe during the Christmas/New Year peak tourism season. - Get in There will be a minibus or coach (depending on how many passengers have pre-booked), which meets every incoming Finnair flight. From [Wikivoyage: Ivalo](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ivalo), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivalo) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ivalo), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/ivalo, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt