Hi /trv/,
for this summer I was looking for a vacation outside the city, to see some vistas and enjoy the wilderness. My only problem is that I don't own a car, so I can only move by plane and car. My idea was to go to Finland or Sweden, but I'm not looking forward visiting the main cities. Also, I'm open to suggestions for other places with cold climate (for example, how do I reach Lapland?).
Do you have some ideas for a vacation in contact with nature? I don't have budget problems and I would travel with my girflriend. Thank you in advance for the help.
>>1266959
>how do I reach Lapland
Fly to one of the numerous airports in Lapland; Norwegian, SAS and Finnair all fly up there, Norwegian is cheapest, but you usually have to transit via Oslo, Helsinki, Stockholm. It's pretty cheap, though, it might only add 50 EUR on a round ticket.
If you don't have budget problems like you said, and are fairly used to hiking/wildlife then just go to Sweden and stay at one of the STF huts/cabins, or walk between them.
The prices are decent, the comfort level is perfect, and the nature is astounding.
My recommendations are:
jämtlandstriangeln if you want to move between huts and don't mind other people.
Grövelsjön if you want to take day-trips and return to more comfortable "almost hotel"-level living
Abisko if you don't mind the cold, want to experience midnight sun and want to be more alone in the wild (though the hotel might be crowded with the Asian and Indian aurora-tourists, though it should be fine in summer since you can't see it anyway due to the sun never setting).
All of these are reachable by train, plane and bus. Call STF and they'll help you.
Also if you're below 26 you can get cheap flights with SAS, search for youth tickets.
Notable mentions are also: kvikkjok, saltoluokta and Kebnekaise. Actually Kebnekaise deserves its own mention, I just haven't been there yet!
>>1267536
Just as a sidenote since I realised I wasn't clear: STF is the only option in Sweden, there are (practically) no private mountain huts/cabins except for more luxurious ones that are easily accessible by car. If you want that I only know of, and strongly recommend, Fjällnäs fjällhotell