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Saariselka: Igloo Sleeping in Finland Not Always All It's Cracked Up To Be
http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/20/12759/1617
<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Finland_Glass_Igloo.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>When we <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/29/5041/05214/hotels/Igloos,_Rocking_Chairs_and_Singles_Weeks_at_Kakslauttanen">first heard</a> about the glass and ice igloos of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Kakslauttanen+Hotel+and+Igloo+Village/local/433"><b>Kakslauttanen Hotel & Igloo Village</b></a> in northern Finland, we thought it sounded like a winter paradise. But we thought we'd better take off our rose-colored snow-goggles and check out the real lay of the snow-covered land up there.<p>If some of the <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g667560-d293333-r23553734-Kakslauttanen_Hotel_Igloo_Village-Saariselka_Lapland.html">TripAdvisor</a> reviews are to be believed, then there are a few flaws in the igloo industry. While some guests are perfectly satisfied, quite a few mention problems with service. One guest mentioned "90% of [the staff] are not capable to communicate in English", which surprised us since we've always found Finns to be sickeningly multilingual. Another complained that there's no dailyamandak2009-01-20T17:11:22-05:00Oulu: Room With a Killer View: Pretty Winter in Oulu, Finland
http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/28/4244/72343
<![CDATA[<p><i>We are suckers for a room with a killer view. We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.</i><p><p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Killer_View_Oulu_Radisson.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>Head north to Oulu in Finland and you can get these kinds of pretty views from the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Radisson+Sas+Hotel/ian/187335"><b>Radisson SAS Hotel</b></a> inamandak2008-02-28T09:20:02-05:00Rovaniemi: Santa Claus Has His Own Hotel in Finland
http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/19/34655/864
<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/SantaClausHotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>When you're choosing a hotel for a Christmas vacation, you can't get a much more appropriate choice than the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Clarion+Hotel+Santa+Claus/local/1029"><b>Clarion Hotel Santa Claus</b></a> in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland. The Santa Claus Hotel is just a few miles away from the official home of <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2006/8/24/114444/755/travel/Will+the+Real+Santa+Please+Stand+Up%3F">the real Santa</a> on the Arctic Circle and is a popular choice for Christmas visitors to Finland.</p><p>Like many Lapland hotels, the functionality wins over from looks when you see the Santa Claus Hotel from the outside--but if you're visiting at Christmas time, the daylight only lasts a couple of hours so you'll probably never get a good look at the architecture anyway.</p><p>The character of a Christmas in Rovaniemi comes more from the activitiesamandak2007-12-19T09:26:28-05:00Luosto: Room With a Killer View: A Finnish White Christmas
http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/21/3135/6687
<![CDATA[<p> <i>We are suckers for a room with a killer view. We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/KillerViewLuostotunturi.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Dreaming of a white Christmas yet? Here's the perfect killer view for Christmas, courtesy of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Luostotunturi+Hotel/local/991"><b>Luostotunturi Hotel</b></a> in the middle ofamandak2007-11-21T09:16:39-05:00Espoo : A Budget Hotel Find for Helsinki
http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/7/3/73655/23444
Finland's not known as the land of cheap travel, but if you're swinging by Helsinki then a stay at the Hotel Matinlahti won't completely destroy your budget.