The end of October is a period of late autumn-early winter, weather is usually a transition from autumn to winter. You can catch the cold, rainy, muddy, grey autumn or you can get winter conditions with a lot of snow and very low temperatures. 3-4 days before your travel you will find a reliable forecast about what the weather will be like while on holiday. Autumn to winter We spent 1 week in Rovaniemi from the 28th of October to 4th of November. One day before departure the weather got much colder in Lapland (below -10 Celsius). We had 2-3 days when snowing, about 30 cm of fresh snow altogether. The forests were wonderful, everything full of snow, and we had real winter landscapes, which were breathtaking. Program options, experiences and travel tips We planned trips to Kemi, Tornio, Haparanda, Rovaniemi city centre, and concerts at Korundi, Santa Claus Village, Inari, Vaattunkiköngas, and Tankavaara. Indoor programs: museums, restaurants, shopping and several outdoor activities: snow...

  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/...