Keep yourself in motion in the winter – not to stay warm, but to stay happy! Make the most of snow covered fells and forests, and go full throttle on the frozen lakes and seashores. Find new perspectives into familiar sports. Ready, set, go!
The winter air gives you happy tears
Don’t curb your enthusiasm
Living along the Pohjola route, you learn to enjoy your favorite outdoor activity in any season. So you’re about to see kites flying high above the ice all along the seaside, as snowkiting enthusiasts ride the wind on the ice. Spot these extreme sport enthusiasts in Oulu, Raahe or Kalajoki. In Kalajoki, arctic paddling is also a thing: what does paddling amongst floating ice, and a chance to spot a seal sunbathing sound like?
The local kids can’t wait for the freezing temperatures that turn the nearby sea, lake, ditch or even hayfield into a skating rink or skiing route. There’s no lack of well-maintained routes in any of the Pohjola route destinations, either. So be a kid for a day – make the frozen sea your skating rink, get yourself rosy red cheeks on a snowshoe hike or skiing trip. Guided or on your own, you decide!
Fat tyres on flat surfaces
The seaside destinations on the Pohjola route, Oulu, Liminka and Kalajoki all offer you a chance to take different bike ride: flat, open landscapes as far as the eye can see. There are practically no hills to climb on the land side, either, but on the frozen sea, your route is as flat as it can be. Even for the locals, the vastness of it all takes the breath away. So grab a fat bike and make your day!
For a different kind of scenery, rent your bike, snowshoes or skis in Rokua Geopark or Syöte, and spend hours amidst snowy trees in a pristine, white landscape.
Sometimes, you hear the ice
sing under your tyres.
Hi-yo, Silver!
Leave it to our fellow northern species to give you a ride of your lifetime. Meet charming huskies and go for a spin in the magical wintry forest, over swamps and frozen lakes. Enjoy the sound of the sledge making its way through the snow and the sight of the dogs eagerly showing you what they were born to do. You might just get a wet kiss from the pack afterwards!
Sure, horse sledging is fun, but have you tried reindeer sledging? Reindeers used to be the mode of travel a few decades back in Pudasjärvi, close to Syöte. Now’s your chance to sit on a soft reindeer skin covering the sleigh and let these magical creatures pull you through a scenery of spruce trees covered in snow. Your heart soon finds the rhythm of the hooves tapping on snow.
Reindeers used to be the mode of travel a few decades back.
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Scandic Oulu Station

Day Spa

Relaxing Floating in Floating Pod

Job Shadowing in a School or Kindergarten

Husky Spin

Go Arctic Events - Performers and hosts to your events

Study Visit & Job Shadowing in Vocational Special Needs Education and Training in Oulu

Historical Pilot House on Iso-Kraaseli Island

Fatbike / E-fatbike Rental

Enjoy a Relaxing Stay in the Peaceful Countryside

The Blue Pine Cottage – Sauna in the Tranquility of the Countryside

Syöte husky safaris

Park Hotel Liminka

Oulu Climbing Center

Guided fatbike tour

Go Arctic - Guided walking tours in Oulu and in Oulu area

Go Arctic activities - Craft upcycle workshop

Liminka Disc Golf Course

The Bronze-casting Work Demonstration

MajoitusYkkönen

Avis Car Rental in Oulu

Fell Top Cottages / Iso-Syöte hilltop

Go Arctic activities - Fatbike trip in Liminka

Ice Fishing, Nallikari, Oulu

Budget Hotel Raahe, in North Ostrobothnia

Go Arctic group activities - Heptathlon

KIDE Hotel by Iso-Syöte

Go Arctic - Guided bus tours in Oulu and neighbouring municipalities

Raahe Theatre

Liminka Bay: Guided visit to birdtower

Rent snowshoes in Syöte

Guided Mountain Biking tours from Pikku-Syöte

Horse riding in Syöte

Snowshoeing through the Rokua National Park

Cottages in Riihikumpu area in Syöte

Study Programme

Taigalampi Log Villa in Syöte

Rental equipment: Fatbike, winter

Guided fishing trip

Pohjolan Matka Charter Coaches Oulu

Experience Life at Trade House of Lang

Ghosts and Curiosities Walking Tour in the Old Town Raahe

Kakaravaara Holiday Cottages

Backcountry skiing in Rokua

Iso-Syöte Snow World

Cottage area halfway into the Iso-Syöte fell

Syöte Cottage

Cottages in Pytkynharju and Arola cottage area in Syöte

Kelo Cottages / Iso-Syöte hilltop

Koiteli Residenssi accommodation villa

ChocoSomnia Factory Tour & Tasting

Equipment rental

Northern Finland food experience

Sightseeing helicopter flight in the Oulu area

Snowshoe and skinbased rental Liminka

Aurora Hut Pytkyigloos

Kuuru Tunturilaakso Suites

Ski Resort Pikku-Syöte

Charter buses and private transportation services in Oulu region

Rent snowshoes for small children in Syöte

Cottages in Ollukka area in Syöte

Winter experiences in Sanginjoki - Naturest Oy

Trade House of Lang Unique Historic Hotel Experience in the Heart of the Raahe Old Town

Oulu Quickly Walking Tour

Syöte Camping, seasonal space

Guided Winter Swimming

Nature-based recreation days for work communities (Sanginjoki, Rokua) - Naturest Oy

Narrated Escape Room of Pitojen Helmi

Guided Tours in Raahe

Room Escape Games

Sauna Experience
Syötteen Mökit Cottages Tapio and Tellervo

Villa Sinipursi 3 Studio Apartment in Old Raahe

Relaxing Forest Mind trip in Syöte National Park

Cottages around Syöte

Go Arctic Events - Dinner with the ghosts of Oulu

Kylmäniemi Beach

Villa Sinipursi 8 Two-room Apartment

Go Arctic group activities - Amazing Oulu - City adventure

OTAXI VIP for Premium Taxi Wishes

GreenStar Hotel Oulu

Liminka Bay: Guided tour to the Eight Seasons of Birds' Year -exhibition

Snowbus Winter Excursion in Raahe Archipelago

Deep Healing Sound Journey: Singing Bowl Therapy & Gentle Movement

Syöte Camping, short-term space

Snowmobile Rental

Koivuranta igloos

Relaxing 2 Persons Floating in same Floating Pod

Go Arctic group activities - Kurvisen karsinnat

Snowshoeing Week in South Lapland

Nallikari Holiday Village - Camping, Oulu

Go Arctic activities - Archery Competition

Syöte Visitor Centre

The reflecting pools of Oulu
Gym at KIDE Hotel

Fishing trips

Phoenix Suite / Arctic Hilltop Boutique Hotel Iso-Syöte

Best Western Hotel Apollo, Oulu

Snowboard / Ski Experience Under the Candle Trees

Private Guided Tour from Oulu to the Jussila Reindeer Farm in Ii

Natureyoga

Oulu Winter Village

Villa Sinipursi 1 Studio Apartment in Old Raahe

Private booking at Reenis

Yoga Class

Hanhilampi Wilderness Camp

Snowmobile safari and guided tours

Oula Kitchen & Bar

Go Arctic group activities - The Head of Tribe

Liisa & Moss Wonderland

Splash-tastic water activities in Oulu

Winter Forest Adventure in the Dark

Go Arctic activities - Air guitar workshop or Air guitar show

Himmeli workshop – Raahen Taitopaja

Spa Hotel in Rokua

Snowshoe safari

Arctic Wolf & Auroras

Go Arctic Events - Theme parties

Snowshoeing in Rokua

Adventure course for Kids

South Lapland Winter Experience

Fatbike rental Liminka

Minivan Trip to Hailuoto

Reindeer farm visit and sleigh ride

Go Arctic activities - SNOWSHOE TRIP

Relaxing Neurosonic Moment at Tirsanurkka

Horseback riding

Snowmobile wilderness safari

Cottages in Pikku-Syöte area

Lapland Hotels Oulu

Go Arctic group activities - Winter Olympics

Reindeer safari

School Visit

Oulu Tourist Information

Rental equipment: Pikku-Syöte

Soundbath relaxation

Work wellbeing day

Pytky Ranch reindeer services

Traditional Icefishing at Oulu

Husky sledding crash course

Visit to the Home of Huskies

Taiga Resort Holiday Village

Arctic Spa

Rokua Spa

Arctic Hilltop Boutique Hotel Iso-Syöte

Local Taxi Services in Kempele

Experience the wonders of the Finnish nature

Fatbike Safari, Nallikari Oulu

Nordic Art Hotel Lasaretti

Rental cottage, Rokuan Unelma

Go Arctic group activities - Traditional games

Radisson Blu Hotel Oulu

Koivuranta Sauna Boat Public Sauna

Fatbike rental in Rokua

Karsikkolampi smoke sauna

Adventure into the Goahti, Syöte National Park

All Syöte's activities from Syöte Booking Centre

OuluHostel AlliMaria

Children's Rokua day trip

Go Arctic activities - Snowshoe / gliding snowshoe trip in Koiteli

Go Arctic group activities - Traditional tar olympics

Skinbased skiing trip in Syöte National Park

On The Traces Of The Ice Age - Ridges Of Rokua

Winter Forest Adventure in Oulu

Expert Session / Workshop on Education

Tunturimajakylä cottage area in Syöte

Minivan Trip to Koiteli Rapids

Original Sokos Hotel Arina, Oulu

Go Arctic - Events Services

HIGH QUALITY CAR RENTAL AND CAR SHARING SERVICES NEAR YOU

Nature Power from a forest in Sanginjoki - Naturest Oy

Private event: Wine and Fashion

Kuntokeidas Vesipekka Indoor Swimming and Sport Centre

Northern lights hunting by car in Syöte

Wanhakulma Guesthouse in Old Town Raahe

Forest Nature School in Sanginjoki - Naturest Oy

Liminka Bay Visitor Centre

Float 60min

Hotel Pikku-Syöte

Spirits of Hearth and Home - Tonttu in Finnish Folklore

Rock The City Oulu

Villa Sinipursi 9 Seaside Two-room Apartment

Winter Wonderland by skinbased skis at Oulu

Syöte Taxi services

Sleigh ride to Raahe archipelago's icebergs

Go Arctic activities - Northern Lights

Oulu loves biking

Night at Reenis

Gunnarin Kartano´s apartments and hostel rooms in Lampinsaari, Raahe

Kelosyöte/Aten mökit

De Gamlas Hem Hotel

Stone Age race of tribes

Winter activities for groups

Pampering Relaxation (1-2 persons)

SuperPark Oulu

Fatbike rental in Rokua

ChocoTasting

Pärjä Ski Suites – stylish accommodation next to slopes

Oulu's Original Taxi - OTAXI

Raahe | Hertz Car Rental

Ice fishing with huskies

Meeting services

Bear Cave Suite / Arctic Hilltop Boutique Hotel Iso-Syöte

Cottages in Kelosyöte area

Puikkari swimming hall

Fatbike Tour in Syöte National Park

Snowshoeing trip in Syöte National Park

Guided Tour in Old Liminka

Winter cycling by fatbikes at Oulu

Tent site in Nallikari Holiday Village, Oulu

Nallikari Aalto Apartment Hotel

Go Arctic group activities - Inhouse Derby

Hot Air Balloon Flight for group 4-12pax

Sleep in hostel

Traditional Holiday Cottages in Nallikari, Oulu

Cottages in Hulhava area in Syöte

Local Taxi Services in Liminka

Kierikki: Guided tours

Syötteen Mökit Cottages

Winter Swimming in Raahe

Kindergarten Visit

Deluxe Poiju Villas by the Sea in Nallikari, Oulu

Ski Resort Iso-Syöte

Rental equipment: Skiing and snowboarding

Arctic Edu-Tech - Workshops and experiences in Oulu area

Hotel Liminka Bay

Go Arctic group activities - Koiteli Team Path

Aurora View Suite / Arctic Hilltop Boutique Hotel Iso-Syöte

Rental equipment: Cross-country skiing and snowshoes

Go Arctic Activities - Reindeer Farm Visit

Paintball

Geocaching in Liminka

Katariina´s Chambers Willa Katariina in Old Town Raahe

Syöte Taxi

Guided Walking Tour in the Old Town Raahe

Fatbike Tour in Oulu

CakePop Accommodation

Rantakylä Recreational Area in Liminka

Oulu City Central | Hertz Car Rental

A versatile holiday trip and dog sledding adventure in Pudasjärvi.

Eagle View Suite / Arctic Hilltop Boutique Hotel Iso-Syöte

Car Rental

Go fishing in Oulu around the year

Go Arctic activities - Stories from Oulu

Voltti´s Music Quiz, Oulu

Rent skinbased skis in Syöte

Syöte Booking Centre

Taigalampi Rental Villa

Charter buses to Syöte

Accomodation in Vihanti with the Local Heritage Society

Airport Taxi Service in Oulu

Go Arctic activities - Guided tour in Oulu by bike

Scandic Oulu City

Paintball Areena

Winter Weekly Programme

Single ticket to Reenis creative gym

Sports hall

Go Arctic activities - Arctic ice fishing experience

Pikkulahti Beach

Go Arctic group activities - Team Path in Liminka

Skibus from Oulu to Syöte
