Helsinki Market Square, harbour steamers and the seawater pool deck on a bright summer day

Winter incentive · Two destinations

Helsinki and Rovaniemi

The capital first, then the Arctic Circle. One flight between them.

8

Days

2

Regions

1h 20m

Flight north

The idea

Helsinki is compact enough to see on foot, and a national park starts half an hour from the centre. Three days there give the group the city, the sea and the forest before going north.

Rovaniemi sits on the Arctic Circle with its airport ten minutes from town. The Lapland half is built around one large activity a day, with evenings at a private log chalet, the snow restaurant and an aurora fire.

Guest in a survival suit floating among broken lake ice beneath a vivid green aurora

Day 1

Arrival, Helsinki

Met at the airport, 30 minutes into the centre. Lunch by Senate Square from Finnish forest and lake produce, a walking tour of the centre, check-in and welcome dinner.

A red heritage tram on a snowy Helsinki street corner during evening snowfall

Day 2

Nuuksio National Park

Snowshoeing, fatbiking, ice fishing or an easy hike, 50 minutes from the city. Lunch cooked by a chef in a heated wooden hut by candle and fire. Evening dinner of traditional Finnish dishes.

Guests resting on reindeer hides by an open fire on a frozen lake, snowshoes beside them

Day 3

Ice floating and island sauna

Floating in the frozen Baltic in survival suits, about 1.5 hours. Lunch on Uunisaari island with two private shoreline saunas and an optional dip in the sea.

Guests choose

Pub tram

A 1950s tram as a moving bar through the city, up to 30 guests, 1.5 hours.

Guest in a survival suit floating among broken lake ice beneath a vivid green aurora

Day 4

North to Rovaniemi

Morning flight to Rovaniemi. Thermal clothing at the airport, then reindeer sleighs through the forest to a farm for the Arctic Circle crossing ceremony and lunch. Dinner at a private 1967 log chalet built as a retreat for President Kekkonen, with wood-fired sauna and an ice hole.

Reindeer harnessed to sleighs beside a lavvu at the Apukka reindeer farm

Day 5

Snowmobiles and the snow restaurant

Five to six hours on snowmobiles across forest and frozen lakes, ice fishing and lunch outdoors. In the evening a guided visit to the Arctic SnowHotel and three courses in the snow restaurant at −2 to −5 °C.

Snowmobiles on a forest trail under the low Lapland sun

Day 6

Motorsport day and aurora fire

Teams rotate through rally driving, reverse-steering cars, cross cars, ATVs and a pit-stop challenge, with prizes at the end and lunch in a Lappish restaurant. After dark, a fire outside the city to watch for the aurora.

Guests choose

Santa Claus Village

Optional afternoon on the Arctic Circle with a guide or on your own.

A blue sports car on a frozen lake ice-driving circuit in Lapland under green aurora

Day 7

Husky farm

Lunch at the farm, time with the dogs, then 5–6 km driving your own team in pairs. Free afternoon, with e-fatbikes, snowshoes or ice karting on request.

A small group meeting the husky team on the open snow at Apukka

Day 8

Departure

Breakfast, check-out and transfer to Rovaniemi Airport.

Frost-covered spruce forest stretching to the horizon as the low arctic sun burns orange

The module set

What the days are built from.

Each module runs in waves so the group never queues. Swap any of them for another in the same slot.

Guests resting on reindeer hides by an open fire on a frozen lake, snowshoes beside them

Nuuksio forest day

Snowshoes, fatbikes or ice fishing, lunch in a heated hut

Guest in a survival suit floating among broken lake ice beneath a vivid green aurora

Ice floating

Survival suits in the frozen Baltic, 1.5 hours

A group of winter swimmers in the sea beside a wooden jetty ladder in Helsinki

Island sauna

Two private shoreline saunas, lunch on Uunisaari

Reindeer harnessed to sleighs beside a lavvu at the Apukka reindeer farm

Reindeer arrival

Sleighs from the airport, Arctic Circle ceremony

A snow chapel in Lapland with carved arches and a lit curved ice bench encircling the floor

Snow restaurant

Guided visit and three-course dinner in the snow

A blue sports car on a frozen lake ice-driving circuit in Lapland under green aurora

Motorsport challenge

Rally cars, cross cars, ATVs, 3–4 hours in teams

How it flexes

Same shape, other briefs.

Lapland only

Fly straight to Rovaniemi and run days 4 to 8 as a four-night programme.

Glass roofs

Rovaniemi nights in glass-roofed rooms to watch for the aurora from bed.

Frames

Guest in a survival suit floating among broken lake ice beneath a vivid green aurora
Guests resting on reindeer hides by an open fire on a frozen lake, snowshoes beside them
Reindeer harnessed to sleighs beside a lavvu at the Apukka reindeer farm
A snow chapel in Lapland with carved arches and a lit curved ice bench encircling the floor
A blue sports car on a frozen lake ice-driving circuit in Lapland under green aurora
A small group meeting the husky team on the open snow at Apukka
A green aurora arc sweeping over snow-covered pines on a Lapland fell

Practical

What this actually involves.

Every figure below is a planning assumption, not a promise. We verify capacity against live availability before quoting.

Duration
8 days / 7 nights
Season
December – March
Bases
Helsinki + Rovaniemi
Flight north
Scheduled, about 1h 20m
Accommodation
City hotel in Helsinki; hotel or glass-roofed rooms in Rovaniemi

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