Savukoski

Built around the Luiro River, Savukoski developed into a vast municipality in eastern Finnish Lapland, close to Russia. It is Finland’s least densely populated municipality, a fact reflected in the long stretches of forest, mires and fells beyond its small centre. Urho Kekkonen National Park reaches into the municipality, while the Nuorttijoki River runs through its eastern wilderness toward Russia. Korvatunturi, the fell associated in Finnish tradition with Santa Claus, also lies here on the border. Savukoski’s present church was completed in 1956 after the earlier church was destroyed during the Lapland War. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Savukoski relates to the wider Lapland wilderness.

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