POSIO
BY NATURE
A CLEAN CUP COMMUNITY
Posio is a municipality in North-eastern Lapland offering a variety of things to do. Located in the heart of the traditional Lappish region. The land area is 3586.6 km2. Posio has a population of 5350 persons and approximately 6000 reindeer.
Places to see and visit
- The Korouoma Canyon and frozen waterfalls, unique in Finland.
- The many kilometres long sandy beaches of lakes LivojΣrvi and HietajΣrvi.
- PentikmΣki: Pentik retail outlets and the International Coffee Cup Museum, Art Gallery.
- Museum of Local History and Culture at Lohiranta, open in the summer
- The Riisitunturi National Park
Annual events
- The Youth Carnival Games, at Midsummer
- The Youth Athletics Carnival Games
- The Lohiranta Local History and Culture Festival, the Sunday following Midsummer
- Local traditions and culture
- The Posio Whitefish Market, the third weekend in July
- market event festival and fish-related competitions
Leisure time
Posio has 51 km of well-maintained cross-country skiing tracks, including so-called warmer tracks, ski slopes, ski jump. Also 280 km of snowmobile routes and approximately 140 km of hiking routes.
Accommodation
You may choose your accommodation in a hotel or high standard cottage. The Tourist Information Office will gladly provide you with more details on different types of accommodation and rates.
Shopping at PentikmΣki
PentikmΣki is a meeting place for lovers of ceramic, artistic and traditional handicraft products. In addition to the Pentik factory retail outlet, you will also find a cafeteria, the Muistoja Maalta Museum displaying thousands of peasant objects from 1800 -1900. The International Coffee Cup Museum has a collection of around 2000 coffee cups from almost 70 different countries.
Tourist Information Office:
- The International Coffee Cup Museum, PentikmΣki 97900 POSIO, tel. +358 (0)16 3721412
- Local Government Office. tel. +358 (0)16 3205111, telefax +358 (0)16 3722034
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