Jun 6 – Jul 7: the window when the sun does not set in Lapland. The same villas you book for the auroras, in their summer character and a far quieter season.
The glass roofs built for the aurora now hold an unbroken sun. Skylight over the bed, sun on the lake, and no reason to draw a curtain, because there is no night to hide from.
Lakes thaw, the boreal forest opens, the canoe routes appear. The same villa reached by snowmobile in February is now a five-minute boat ride from the dock.
The collection is the same in summer as in winter. Under the same glass roof there is a sun that will not set instead of the aurora; the lakes are open water and the forest is walkable. The rate sits on the property's own booking page, so the seasonal difference is visible directly.
Lapland in summer sees a fraction of the winter crowd. The footpath through the forest and the lookout up on the fell are, in practice, yours.
The same kinds of building as the winter collection (glass-roof cabins, lakeside log estates, alpine chalets, forest villas), shown in late-June midnight-sun light so you can see the other half of the story.
The aurora architecture in 23:00 golden light, surrounded by lush forest instead of snow.
A private bay on Lake Inari, open water again, canoe at the dock and smoke rising from the wood-fired sauna.
Cotton-grass and wildflowers where the ski slope was, behind the same panoramic glass.
Cantilevered timber building deep in green boreal pine, golden midnight-sun warmth on the facade.
The window is short, and the villas are individually owned, so the calendar fills unevenly rather than neatly. It is worth asking early.
For a given June, the time to ask is between January and March of that same year. Later is still worth a message, because dates do come free, but the very top of the list usually goes first.
Send your dates, how many of you there are and any preferences. A reply lands within one working day with what is free across the summer collection.
Days the sun never sets at Rovaniemi, longer further north
Our northernmost destination, Inari, where it runs longest