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Autumn in Finnish Lapland, in addition to the northern lights, is also known for ruska a.k.a fall foliage, which in turn take care of the wonderful splendor of colors during the daytime. Since we have previously focused strongly on the northern lights on this blog, it is appropriate to get to know this second autumn natural phenomenon a little more closely at the dawn of autumn.
The second last weekend of August is a real super weekend for our neighbor city Rovaniemi as two major events will be held at the same time. The world’s largest orienteering event Jukolan viesti (Jukola relay) will be held in Rovaniemi on August 21-22, and the largest rock festival in the north, Simerock, will resonate on August 20-22.
The Ranua Cloudberry Festival could certainly be considered the most significant single event in our locality. Organized for the first time in 1974, the event first started modestly, mainly aimed at the municipality’s own sellers, but it soon became clear that the event would be very easy to grow into a much larger one as well. In this blog post, we get to know a little bit about the history of the festival.
Ranuan Keskusgrilli, a grill kiosk located in the center of Ranua village, has a guaranteed place in the heart of many Ranuan residents, both current and former. At the beginning of July, the Ranuan Keskusgrilli, which had long satisfied the hunger of many passers-by, received a well deserved accolade after being elected as the fourth best grill kiosk in Finland by the readers of Iltalehti.
Although Ranua Zoo turned full years for the last time in 2013, to continue the theme of the 80s I covered in my previous text, I felt it was the right option to tell about the birth and history of the largest tourist attraction in our town.
Although the submarine business in Ranua ended in a bitter disappointment in the late 1980s, it is still one of the clearest symbols of the Ranua municipal slogan, the “Brave Ranua”. In this blog post, we’ll talk a little more about the stages of the Simojärvi submarines.
Even though we are only living in the beginning of August, there is already a lot of autumn scent in the air. Since Lapland is perhaps at its most beautiful in the autumn, in this blog post we will take a closer look at the autumn and things that you can do. We will share you five activity tips in total for the Finnish fall.
Ranua’s program service offerings have once again diversified this summer. One new entrant to the industry is Lapland Adventure & Hunting Oy, owned by Ilpo Leppänen, which organizes experiential activities in the middle of the most beautiful nature in southern Lapland.
Cloudberry madness has also been well reflected this summer in the Ranua App, in which the cloudberry marsh maps had been viewed 251 thousand times by the end of July, according to a press release from the municipality of Ranua. So there has been a lot of demand for berry information this summer.
The travel restrictions in Finland are being further eased as Finland is now welcoming fully vaccinated travelers to the country with no testing or quarantine requirement.
Harvesting season is now at its best in Finnish Lapland, as both the cloudberry and blueberry harvests are ripe. However, it is not advisable to head to the cloudberry marsh or blueberry forest without proper planning. In this blog post, we will give you six handy tips for berry picking and preserving.
The cloudberry harvest in the summer of 2021 eventually turned out to be good, although have been suffering from drought all over Finland this summer during both June and July. With regard to the cloudberry harvest, picking will now be concentrated in the wooded ravine areas at, and the picking season is coming close to its end in the heights of Ranua. However, berry picking in Finnish Lapland will continue next with blueberries.
The portrait from Ranua is a new series of stories in which we present interesting current and former people of Ranua. In the first part of the story series, we interview Sara Thaveeprayoon, whose business Asian Street Food by Sara sells Thai street food at the center of the town of Ranua.
Northern lights are one of the main reasons, why so many travelers want to visit Finland in the darker seasons and especially winter. But what are the reasons behind aurora borealis and what causes them to appear? Scientists have long speculated about what causes this specific light phenomenon that occurs in the Earth’s polar regions. Now the reason has been found for sure.
Last summer was exceptionally good in some areas in terms of the cloudberry harvest. Ranua, the official cloudberry town of Finland, saw cloudberry blossoming in the beginning of June and thanks to good weather conditions, also the ripening has progressed very well. This is why we are expecting a good cloudberry harvest for the second year in a row.
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Tuomas Haapala, born in Ranua, is responsible for the blog posts and editing of the stories on the Stories from Ranua travel blog. Tuomas, who is also our digital marketing specialist, mainly works from Helsinki. Despite his relatively young age, Tuomas has been writing both as a hobby and work for more than 15 years already. Before Stories from Ranua blog, Tuomas has experience on writing content for many different blogs, articles and websites. You can get to know Tuomas’ writings in more detail, for example, on his Medium profile.
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