What's on in Levi, Finland through the year

Peak crowds — Christmas and New Year peak, Christmas holidays in Finland

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Aurora season (25 Aug – 10 Apr (usually)), Ski season (2 Oct – 2 May (usually)), Christmas and New Year peak (18 Dec – 6 Jan)

Peak crowds — Finnish and European ski holidays, Winter/ski break in Finland

• Holiday

  Finnish and European ski holidays

  14 Feb – 15 Mar · usuallySchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  Finnish schools take staggered weeks from mid-February and the central European breaks land on top of them. It is also when the light comes back, which is why everyone wants it. Source ↗

Still on: Aurora season (25 Aug – 10 Apr (usually)), Ski season (2 Oct – 2 May (usually))

Peak crowds — Finnish and European ski holidays, Winter/ski break in Finland

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Finnish and European ski holidays (14 Feb – 15 Mar (usually)), Aurora season (25 Aug – 10 Apr (usually)), Ski season (2 Oct – 2 May (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Aurora season (25 Aug – 10 Apr (usually)), Ski season (2 Oct – 2 May (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Finland, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Ski season (2 Oct – 2 May (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Finland, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in June.

Busy — Summer holidays in Finland, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in July.

Busy — Summer holidays in Finland, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

• Nature

  Aurora season

  25 Aug – 10 Apr · usually

  Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something. Walk ten minutes off the lit pistes rather than booking a hunt.

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Nature

  Ruska on the fells

  5–30 Sep · usuallyAutumn colour

  The dwarf birch and blueberry on the fell tops turn red and gold through September, a fortnight before the first snow. The walking trails are open and empty.

Still on: Aurora season (25 Aug – 10 Apr (usually))

Busy — Autumn break in Finland, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Ski season

  2 Oct – 2 May · usually

  One of the longest seasons anywhere: stored snow opens a run in early October and the lifts go to the start of May. Midwinter is dark and very cold, so March and April are what most people buy. Source ↗

Still on: Aurora season (25 Aug – 10 Apr (usually))

Busy — Alpine World Cup slalom, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Alpine World Cup slalom

  14–15 NovMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  The season's first slaloms are raced here in the middle of November, floodlit, on a hill with almost no daylight left. Kittila flights and every bed in the village go with it. Source ↗

Still on: Aurora season (25 Aug – 10 Apr (usually)), Ski season (2 Oct – 2 May (usually))

Peak crowds — Christmas and New Year peak, Christmas holidays in Finland

• Holiday

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 Dec – 6 JanChristmas & New YearBook earlyCrowded

  The dearest fortnight of the Lapland year: charter flights into Kittila, cabins booked a year out, and the shortest days of it. Go for the reindeer and the dark, not the skiing. Source ↗

Still on: Aurora season (25 Aug – 10 Apr (usually)), Ski season (2 Oct – 2 May (usually))