Our food experiences in Lapland, Finland We spent one week in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland from 28th October to 4th November, living in an Airbnb flat. We were self-catering so had to go shopping every day, buy food and drinks for breakfast and dinner. Once a day we ate hot meals in restaurants, it was a good opportunity for us to try different restaurants each day. Diverse and delicious Before our travel, we were afraid of getting meals without any spices and expected a lot of fish and potato, simple and tasteless meals. Despite our expectations, we’ve got really delicious meals. We tasted not only the Lappish cuisine but also Chinese, Swedish, Russian and Mexican ones. Foods were tasty, and portions and prices were correct. In most of the restaurants, we could find a smart and cheap solution: buffet lunch. Available in several places, the price is 10-12 EUR and you can choose from a lot of meals: soup, fresh cold salads, main courses and soft drinks, tea or coffee. Shopping in superma...

  Our experiences on the roads 1. We spent 1 week in Rovaniemi from 28th October to 4th November and made some trips around Rovaniemi and to Tankavaara, Inari, Kemi, Tornio and Haparanda, using our rental car. 2. On our holiday we had to face winter road conditions as winter came early this year, snow covered everything and the temperature was below zero (-3 – 21 Celsius) 3. We could see snow machines cleaning the roads from the snow, especially on motorways and around the block of flats in Rovaniemi. The main roads were clean, but not perfectly clean. Side roads were also passable, blanketed in a carpet of snow and ice. 4. Ice and snow significantly increase the risks on roads, drive carefully in Lapland in wintertime 5. Calculating the travel time of your trips in Lapland, you have to take into account lower speed, for example on motorways the max speed limit is 100 km/h, but in wintertime, on snowy and icy roads it is not safe to reach this limit, you can drive only at 60-80 km/...