Hotel Karhu — Hotel in Northern Lapland

Lovely staff and the atmosphere is amazing. ||||This is not somewhere you go on holiday, it is a business hotel or somewhere you pass through. ||It is warm welcoming and very quirky. If you get Sanna on reception you are going to have a very good time!||||I have stayed here before, and it did seem a little stuck in the past (much like the town) but I came back to a newly refurbished room and I understand they are gradually working their way through the hotel. ||||Last time I had a single room which had the perk of a private sauna. The steam shower is another plus if you ask for the right room. ||||All in all if you are booking here, remember it is in the middle of nowhere. I consider it an experience hotel. I feel I have made friends here and that when work brings me back again I will...

We stopped here for a night during our trip from the north. This place is a very quiet town and there is nothing much around the area. It is one of the cheapest hotel in the area to stopover for a night. There is free sauna in the evening, free breakfast and free wifi. You have to ask for the password. Breakfast selection was limited but it was better than nothing. There is a microwave and fridge at the staircase for use. The hotel is relatively big. The room and toilet were newly re-furbished i guess. The toilet comes with a modern shower system. The old reception staff was a little blur and did not know what we were asking when we were checking out with them how was the northern light sightings for the past few days. The place is good...

We came to the Midnight Sun Film Festival, and succeeded in getting a room in the Bear Inn Hotel. It is in the center of Sodankylä and from there it is a short walk from there to the film theater and other important places of the festival. The prices during the festival (140 euros!) are almost double compared with the normal summer price, but it is worth it - if you attend the festival. Our double room was basic, not large, the shower was good, beds ok. The breakfast buffet was sufficient. You can have lunch and dinner there also, but we did not try these. The usual price for a double room is, I think, something like 80 euros, and it is...