Four Seasons, Midnight Sun and Northern Lights

We hate to say it, but you know nothing about "Four Seasons" unless you have stayed year around in Finland. It's truly amazing how uniquely exotic each season can be. Four times a year, nature changes its uniform completely - colour, light, temperature, sounds and smells. Everything changes in a way that happens nowhere else.

Please select the appropriate article and read more about seasons, midnight sun, northern lights, polar night, kaamos, snow coverage, spring, summer, autumn, winter in Finland.

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  1. Summer

    Summer description

    On a fine summer day, Finns have an overwhelming urge to get outside and get out of town. During the week, when the sun is warm, they are eating lunch at a sidewalk café, sunning in the park, bicycling home from work,...

  2. Autumn

    Autumn description

    Summer ends with a bang, with an explosion of colour in the forests. This is the season known as ‘ruska', when the autumnal reds, browns and yellows are especially beautiful on the fells of Lapland. September is a...

  3. Midnight Sun

    Midnight Sun description

    Here in the far north, we have some exotic lighting effects. Around Midsummer in northern Finland, the sun does not set for several weeks. This may cause wakefulness, and a desire to stay out past your normal bedtime. In...

  4. Snow Cover and Mean Temperatures

    Snow Cover and Mean Temperatures description

    The table shows weather summaries for some of Finland's major ski centres. The dates show the beginning and end of the ski season at each town. The temperatures are monthly means. Daylight hours give you an idea of how...

  5. Spring

    Spring description

    Summer is short in Finland and spring is even shorter. In southern Finland there is often snow on the ground at the beginning of April, with a few crocuses poking their noses through the bare patches. In May everything...

  6. Northern Lights

    Northern Lights description

    Is it the wrath of the gods? That is what the ancient people thought caused the Northern Lights, otherwise known as the Aurora Borealis. The Finnish word is "revontulet" meaning the fox's fires. The ancient Finns...

  7. Winter

    Winter description

    During January and February, there is almost always snow in northern and eastern Finland. Even if there's little snow in Helsinki, there's often up to a metre or more on the slopes in Lapland. The snow season in northern...

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