This young male reindeer, with its herder, visited as we were eating lunch at Tuikku, the restaurant on top of Levi fell in Lapland
Levi, the biggest ski and winter resort in Finnish Lapland, has 44 ski slopes and hundreds of kilometres of cross-country ski and snowmobile tracks
From a plane high above, Levi fell (the summit of which is the highest point in Finnish Lapland) clearly dominates the landscape all around
In Lapland, snowmobiles are a practical, ubiquitous and fun way to get around
In winter, the stunted trees on top of Levi fell in Finnish Lapland assume weird and wonderful shapes as they become piled high with snow
Kittilä Airport is the gateway for most Finns and foreign visitors to Levi, the biggest ski resort in Finnish Lapland. The airport is only a 15-minute bus drive from the town of Sirkka, at the foot of Levi fell, where most of the resort's hotels are located
A sleigh-driver and his reindeer prepare for a sleigh ride
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