The winter air gives you happy tears

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!

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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Go Arctic activities - Arctic ice fishing experience

Oulu
Koivurannan saunalautta sauna Oulussa.

Koivuranta Sauna Boat Puplic Sauna

Oulu

Guided fatbike tour

Pudasjärvi

Go Arctic Events - Theme parties

Oulu

Go Arctic activities - Reindeer farm visit

Pudasjärvi
Rekiretki

Snowbus Winter Excursion in Raahe Archipelago

Raahe
Old lighthouse in Marjaniemi.

Minivan trip to Hailuoto

Oulu
Santa's Resort&Spa Hotel Sani Kalajoki

Santa's Resort&Spa Hotel Sani

Kalajoki

Go Arctic activities - Air guitar workshop or Air guitar show

Oulu
Saaga Travel drivers are well-trained, polite and English speaking.

Charter buses and private transportation services in Oulu region

Oulu

Go Arctic Events - Dinner with the ghosts of Oulu

Oulu
Ollukka mökkialue Syöte rinteet

Cottages in Ollukka area in Syöte

Syöte
Lomakoti Onnela

Family autumn vacation: Break from everyday life

Oulu

Fat-bike Tour in Syöte National Park

Pudasjärvi
We recommend preordering when arriving to the airport.

Airport Taxi Service in Oulu

Oulu
Fish tern at Bothnian bay

Experience the wonders of the Finnish nature

Oulu

Go Arctic group activities - Heptathlon

Oulu
Park Hotel Liminka

Park Hotel Liminka

Liminka
Cottages are yellow and very idyllic outside.

Traditional Holiday Cottages in Nallikari, Oulu

Oulu
Hotel Pikku-Syöte at winter

Hotel Pikku-Syöte

Pudasjärvi
Pytkynharju mökkialue keskusvaraamo kohde

Cottages in Pytkynharju and Arola cottage area in Syöte

Syöte
In Syöte you can spend a winter day skiing or doing other winter sports.

Skibus from Oulu to Syöte

Syöte
Kelosyöte

Cottages in Kelosyöte area

Syöte

Rental equipment: Cross-country skiing and snowshoes

Syöte
Winter biking in Oulu.

Oulu loves biking

Oulu
Mies talvisessa maisemassa

Backcountry skiing in Rokua

Rokua
Hotel Iso-Syöte Phoenix Suite Winter View

Phoenix Suite / Arctic Hilltop Boutique Hotel Iso-Syöte

Syöte
Hulhava mökkialue Syöte

Cottages in Hulhava area in Syöte

Syöte
Exterior

Scandic Oulu City

Oulu
Exit Oulu Room Escape Games

Room Escape Games

Oulu

Luxuriuous apartment Villa Merellä

Kalajoki
Snowboarding in Finland

Snowboard / Ski Experience Under the Candle Trees

Syöte
Iso-Syöte huippu kelomökit talvi

Tunturimajakylä cottage area in Syöte

Syöte

Bronze-casting course

Raahe
Kylpylän monitoimiallas

Rokua Spa

Rokua
Hotel Iso-Syöte Hanhilampi Erämaaleiri

Hanhilampi Wilderness Camp

Syöte
Syötteen Eräpalvelut Huskysafarit husky

Syöte husky safaris

Syöte

Syöte Booking Centre

Syöte
Pikku-Syöte mökkialue keskusvaraamo talvi

Cottages in Pikku-Syöte area

Syöte

Snowshoe and skinbased rental Liminka

Liminka
Beach at Pikkulahti Raahe

Pikkulahti Beach and Outdoors

Raahe
KIDE Finland's Best Ski Hotel

KIDE Hotel by Iso-Syöte

Syöte
Hotel Iso-Syöte Aurora Suite Aurora View

Aurora View Suite / Arctic Hilltop Boutique Hotel Iso-Syöte

Syöte

Sea trip to Maakalla island

Kalajoki
Superior room

Scandic Oulu Station

Oulu
Snowboarding and skiing at Iso-Syöte

Ski Resort Iso-Syöte

Syöte
Syöte - Iso-Syöte

Fatbike / E-fatbike Rental

Syöte

Go Arctic activities - Stories from Oulu

Oulu

Spa Experience

Kalajoki
Hotel Iso-Syöte Moottorikelkkasafari

Winter Weekly Programme

Syöte

Merihelmi

Kalajoki
Kuva kauniista sisäpihasta

Wanhakulma Guesthouse in Old Raahe

Raahe

Sup Balance

Kalajoki

ChocoTasting

Oulu
Pikku-Syöte offers exceptional trails and sceneries for Mountain Biking around the year.

Guided Mountain Biking tours from Pikku-Syöte

Syöte

Go Arctic - Events Services

Oulu
Lomakoti Onnela

Seniors' vacation: Break from everyday life

Oulu

Go Arctic group activities - Kurvisen karsinnat

Oulu
Fatbike lumessa

Fatbike rental in Rokua

Rokua

Go Arctic activities - Northern Lights

Oulu
Reenis is a creative gym for versatile training. With us, you train purposefully in the gym and develop coordination and have fun on the trampolines.

Single ticket to Reenis

Oulu

Go Arctic activities - Archery Competition

Oulu
Yrttiaitta

Northern Finland food experience

Oulu

Go Arctic group activities - Hassle in the city

Oulu
Ruovikon takana on rakennus, jossa on torni.  Behind the beach grass is a building with a tower.

Liminka Bay Visitor Centre

Liminka

Husky sledding crash course

Oulu
Poiju Villat huokuvat ulkoapäin merellistä tyyliä ja niissä on iso oma terassi

Deluxe Poiju Villas by the Sea in Nallikari, Oulu

Oulu

SuperPark Oulu

Oulu
Fell Top Cottage

Fell Top Cottages / Iso-Syöte hilltop

Syöte

Go Arctic group activities - Traditional games

Oulu
Accommodation near Oulu and Hailuoto.

Warjakka B&B Accommodation

Oulu
Fireplace summer

Arctic Hilltop Boutique Hotel Iso-Syöte

Syöte
people laughing and listening to storytelling at a fantasy tavern

Spirits of Hearth and Home - Tonttu in Finnish Folklore

Oulu
Lynx snowmobiles

Snowmobile Rental

Pudasjärvi

Kuuru Tunturilaakso Suites

Syöte
Watersliding is great fun at Raahe Vesipekka

Kuntokeidas Vesipekka Indoor Swimming and Sport Centre

Raahe
Safaritalo

A hovercraft ride on frozen sea

Kalajoki
Children's Rokua day trip

Children's Rokua day trip

Rokua
Lumisen metsän keskellä on hirsirakennus. /  In the middle of the snowy forest is a log building. Kuva: Sami Säily.

Syöte Visitor Centre

Pudasjärvi

Go Arctic activities - Snowshoe / gliding snowshoe trip

Oulu

MajoitusYkkönen

Raahe
Heimopäällikkö Go Arctic

Go Arctic group activities - The Head of Tribe

Oulu

Rent a fatbike

Pudasjärvi
Lapsi kurkistaa Pihkan majaan

Adventure course for Kids

Rokua

Go Arctic activities - Yoga

Oulu
Hotel Iso-Syöte Bear Cave Suite Hot tube

Bear Cave Suite / Arctic Hilltop Boutique Hotel Iso-Syöte

Syöte

Taigalampi Log Villa

Pudasjärvi

Rental equipment: Skiing and snowboarding

Syöte
Perioululainen ömeisingreis

Go Arctic group activities - Amazing Oulu - City adventure

Oulu

Go Arctic activities - Fatbike trip in Koiteli or Liminka

Oulu

Winter activities for groups

Syöte
Koiravaljakko

Husky Spin

Oulu
Forest Mind Trip in winter with snowshoes

Relaxing Forest Mind trip in Syöte National Park

Syöte
Two men playing Disc Golf in the forest.

Liminka Disc Golf Course

Liminka
Toripoliisi Statue 1

Sightseeing of Oulu on Mountain Bikes

Oulu
Katariina´s Chambers entrance

Katariina´s Chambers Willa Katariina in Old Town Raahe

Raahe

Go Arctic group activities - Inhouse Derby

Oulu

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

Oulu
Sauna experience.

Traditional Finnish sauna and hot tube

Oulu
Rokua Health & Spa Hotel

Spa Hotel in Rokua

Rokua
Visit Kalajoki

Fatbike safari

Kalajoki
High Ropes Course

High Ropes Courses

Kalajoki
Enjoy your time in historic milieu.

Experience Life at Trade House of Lang

Raahe
Rock The City Adventure Game

Adventure Game: Rock The City Oulu

Oulu
Traditional Finnish pancake with jam

Pancake trip in Syöte National Park

Pudasjärvi
Frisbeegolf

Disc Golf

Kalajoki

Marina Chalets, 2+2

Kalajoki
Raahen Hovi - VIP-sviitti - VIP-suite

Raahen Hovi Hotel

Raahe
Two men playing frisbee golf

Rantakylä Recreational Area in Liminka

Liminka

Hot Air Balloon Flight for group 4-12pax

Oulu
Hotel Iso-Syöte Lumikenkävuokraus

Equipment rental

Syöte

Iso-Syöte Snow World

Syöte
Rantahotelli / Hotel by the beach

Hotel Rantakalla – overlooking the arctic Bay of Bothnia

Kalajoki
Fatbike mäntyä vasten metsästyssä

Fatbike rental in Rokua

Rokua

Syote Taxi

Syöte

Fatbike rental Liminka

Liminka
Taigalampi Syöte

Taigalampi Rental Villa

Pudasjärvi
Winter Olympics

Go Arctic group activities - Winter Olympics

Oulu
Oil painting from 1896.

De Urbe Uloa – Paintings of Oulu

Oulu

Syötteen Mökit Cottages Tapio and Tellervo

Syöte
Hotstone-hieronta

Day Spa

Rokua

Arctic Ice Paddling

Kalajoki

Holiday house Aurinkorinne 8

Kalajoki

Arctic Edu-Tech - Workshops and experiences in Oulu area

Oulu
Artist room at Hotel Lasaretti

Nordic Art Hotel Lasaretti

Oulu
Villa Kalajoki

Villa Kalajoki

Kalajoki
raatausta

Walking tour in the Old town of Raahe

Raahe

Meeting facilities at Hotel Pikku-Syöte

Pudasjärvi
Oulucityhall

Guided transportation from Oulu airport to Oulu

Oulu
Goahti is top of hill, next to the Syöte national park

Adventure into the Goahti, Syöte National Park

Pudasjärvi

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

Liminka
Hotel Iso-Syöte Meeting room

Meeting services

Syöte

Local Taxi Services in Kempele

Oulu
Hotel Iso-Syöte Snowshoe Safari Views

Snowshoe safari

Syöte
Pariskunta lumikenkäilemässä

Snowshoeing in Rokua

Rokua
Glass iglu by Botnian Bay in Rahja Archipelago in winter

Glass Iglu: Enjoy the Luxury of the Arctic Nature in Rahja Archipelago

Kalajoki
Lapland Hotels Oulu Comfort Room.

Lapland Hotels Oulu

Oulu
kennel visit

Visit to the Home of Huskies

Oulu

Your Digital Guide to Raahe Glopas

Raahe
Saaga Travel largest charter bus is a 79-seater double-decker.

Charter buses to Syöte

Syöte
Nallikari Holiday Village tent site

Tent site in Nallikari Holiday Village, Oulu

Oulu

Karsikkolampi smoke sauna

Syöte
Pronsin kaato muottiin

The Bronze-casting Work Demonstration

Raahe
Pilkkiretki Oulun Nallikarissa 1

Ice fishing in Nallikari, Oulu

Oulu
Seaview room has also a seaview balcony

Get-away for Two by the Arctic Sea and Sand Dunes

Kalajoki
Beach of Kylmäniemi Raahe

Kylmäniemi Beach

Raahe
Hotel Iso-Syöte Reindeer Safari

Reindeer safari

Syöte

Go Arctic activities - Guided tour in Oulu by bike

Oulu
Luotsivahdinhuone

Historical Pilot House on Iso-Kraaseli Island

Raahe
A happy girl is playing that she is fishing.

Playroom Leikkilä

Oulu
Automatic belay

Oulu Climbing Center

Oulu

Go Arctic group activities - Koiteli Team Path

Oulu
The Miss Sofia’s Chamber is decorated in the style 1840s.

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

Raahe
Nallikari Holiday Village - camping

Nallikari Holiday Village - Camping, Oulu

Oulu
Snowshoeing Holiday in South Lapland

Snowshoeing Week in South Lapland

Syöte
Hotel Iso-Syöte Skido Fell Nature

Snowmobile wilderness safari

Syöte

Go Arctic group activities - Traditional tar olympics

Oulu

Fishing trips

Raahe
View from bird tower

Liminka Bay: Guided visit to birdtower

Liminka
Hotel Iso-Syöte Arctic Spa Sauna

Arctic Spa

Syöte
fatbiking you can do year around

Fatbike Tour in Raahe

Raahe
Saunallinen kahden hengen hotellihuone.

Best Western Hotel Apollo, Oulu

Oulu

Go Arctic Events - Decorations for your events

Oulu
Drone photo of a forest and a stream.

Day hike in a nature reserve

Oulu

Syöte Taxi services

Syöte
Reindeer in the snowy forest

Reindeer farm visit and sleigh ride

Pudasjärvi

Local Taxi Services in Liminka

Liminka
Winter swimmer in Tuira beach.

Splash-tastic water activities in Oulu

Oulu
Lomakoti Onnela

Idyllic holiday home by the Kiiminki River

Oulu
Puikkari julkisivu.

Puikkari swimming hall

Pudasjärvi

Youth centre Pikku-Syöte

Pudasjärvi

GreenStar Hotel Oulu

Oulu

Night at Reenis

Oulu

Rental equipment: Fatbike, winter

Syöte

ChocoSomnia Workshop

Oulu
Safaritalo

ATV safari

Kalajoki

Horse riding in Syöte

Syöte

Go Arctic - Guided bus tours in Oulu and neighbouring municipalities

Oulu

Farmahand´s Cabin Willa Katariina in Old Town Raahe

Raahe
Mies pilkkimässä

Father-child fishing trip at Rokua

Rokua

Go Arctic activities - Craft upcycle workshop

Oulu
Microphone.

Voltti´s Music Quiz, Oulu

Oulu
Auringonnousu

Pytkyigloos Aurora Hut

Syöte
Koivurannan iglut Oulussa.

Koivuranta igloos

Oulu
Handmade chocolate and local products.

ChocoSomnia Factory tour&Tasting

Oulu
Olohuone ja keittiö

Holiday Apartment With Own Yard

Kalajoki
Facade of OSH Arina

Original Sokos Hotel Arina, Oulu

Oulu
Arctic wolf and Auroras - Wolf photographing in winter

Arctic Wolf & Auroras

Oulu
Väinämöinen talvi

Syötteen Mökit Cottages

Syöte

Pohjolan Matka Charter Coaches Oulu

Oulu
Dinner in Oula Kitchen & Bar.

Oula Kitchen & Bar

Oulu
Cathedral in Oulu.

Oulu quickly

Oulu
Hotel Iso-Syöte Eagle View Suite

Eagle View Suite / Arctic Hilltop Boutique Hotel Iso-Syöte

Syöte
Syöte Cottage

Syöte Cottage

Syöte

Cottage area halfway into the Iso-Syöte fell

Syöte
Aten mökit OY/Satu 31

Kelosyöte/Aten mökit

Syöte
Nallikari Aalto Apartments

Nallikari Aalto Apartments (open from February 2024)

Oulu
Birdwatching tower at Liminka Bay and people watching the birds.

Geocaching in Liminka

Liminka
Paintball Värikuulasota Oulu Action Park

Paintball

Oulu
Dining room of the Koiteli Residenssi.

Koiteli Residenssi accommodation villa

Oulu
Riihikummun mökit Syötteen keskusvaraamo

Cottages in Riihikumpu area in Syöte

Syöte
Maaginen suppalampi Rokuan kansallispuistossa.

On The Traces Of The Ice Age - Ridges Of Rokua

Rokua

Himmeli workshop – Raahen Taitopaja

Raahe

Gym at KIDE Hotel

Syöte

Go Arctic Events - Performers and hosts to your events

Oulu

Syöte Camping, seasonal space

Syöte

Mermaid experience

Kalajoki
sauna

BUDGET HOTEL RAAHE, in North Ostrobothnia

Raahe
Näkymä Iso-Syötteelle Luokkavaaran mökkialueelta

Cottages around Syöte

Syöte

Syöte Camping, short-term space

Syöte
Team Path

Go Arctic group activities - Team Path

Oulu
Hotel Iso-Syöte Kelomökki kesä

Kelo Cottages / Iso-Syöte hilltop

Syöte

Raahe | Hertz Car Rental

Raahe
OTAXI VIP is available also for groups and disabled.

OTAXI VIP for Premium Taxi Wishes

Oulu
Visit Kalajoki

Snowmobile safari

Kalajoki
Oulu city reflection in the water at the night time.

The reflecting pools of Oulu

Oulu

Hotel Liminka Bay

Liminka
Sauna

Pärjä Ski Suites – stylish accommodation next to slopes

Syöte
De Gamlas Hem Hotel & Restaurant.

De Gamlas Hem Hotel

Oulu
fatbiking is nice summer activity

Fatbike Tour in Oulu

Oulu
Aloita matkasi Otaxin kyydissä.

Oulu's Original Taxi - OTAXI

Oulu
Outdoor yakuzi by the beach of Kalajoki Sand Dunes

Bubbles for Two in Lokkilinna Outdoor Yakuzi with a Seaview

Kalajoki

Marina Chalets, 4+2

Kalajoki

Marina Resort A3

Kalajoki
Kesäteatterin katetusta katsomosta

Raahe Theatre

Raahe
Ruokailut

All Syöte's activities from Syöte Booking Centre

Syöte
Ice fishing at Bothnian bay

Ice fishing with huskies

Oulu

Snowmobile safari and guided tours

Pudasjärvi
South Lapland Winter Experience - two day's husky tour

South Lapland Winter Experience

Syöte
Winter wishing in Oulujoki delta area.

Go fishing in Oulu around the year

Oulu