Taxis are close to the main entrance at the airport.
If you’re staying at our hotel, you can ask the reception to order a taxi for you.

Taxis:
Ivalon Taksit Oy
tel. 0100 87888
https://ivalontaksit.fi/

Ivalon Taksipalvelu
tel. +358 50 514 6585
https://ivalotaxiservice.fi/

Timetables and prices: https://www.matkahuolto.fi/
More information about the bus station: https://kuuputti.fi/

To Rovaniemi -> you will find the bus stop in the front of Hotel Ivalo. It’s on the same side of the road as Hotel Ivalo is.

To Inari -> the bus leaves from the bus station (about 400 m from Hotel Ivalo.)

All offices are located in Ivalo airport.

Hertz Ivalo Airport
https://hertz.fi
tel. +358 20 555 2540

Europcar Ivalo Airport
https://europcar.fi
tel. +358 40 306 2875

Avis Ivalo Airport
https://avis.fi
tel. +358 10 436 2365

The nearest ATM can be found in the center of Ivalo, in the building of Pohjolan Osuuspankki, about 1 km from Hotel Ivalo.

Do you accept credit cards?
Yes, you can pay your purchases with all major credit cards. We accept Visa, MasterCard, China Union Pay, Maestro, JCB.

How about cash?
We accept cash, but only EURos (€) please.

The northern lights may exist any time of day and any day of a year. We are located on the Aurora Zone where the Northern Lights are seen on average on 4 out of 5 days, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute. The Northern Lights can be seen on clear nights and most commonly between 9pm and 11h30pm (Magnetig Midnight). We’ve seen them also between 2pm and 4am, so keep your eyes open!

At our location the Northern Lights can be seen during Autumn and Winter, from the end of August until mid-April.
To be able to see the Northern Lights it needs to be dark, or at least dim. Too much daylight prevents us from seeing the Northern Lights. It also needs to be a clear sky since the Northern Lights appear 100 – 200km above ground, above the clouds. So, too thick layer of clouds would block the view.  During summer there is too much sunlight to be able to see the Northern Lights even though they are there. The Northern Lights are caused by solar winds, so the sun must have been active recently to form the Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis.

There are very accurate short-term Aurora forecasts available on the internet. The Northern Lights are formed above the clouds at 100-200km above ground, so the sky needs to be clear or half-cloudy for you to be able to see the Northern Lights from the ground.  Sometimes if it’s cloudy with strong overcast you might still see the Northern lights shining through the clouds, but it looks like green fog behind the clouds. The most optimal time to see the bright and crisp Northern lights is a clear night without too much moonlight. We’ve seen Northern Lights even at 2pm, but in general, you will spot them mainly between 8pm and 2am. These are very approximate times and the Northern Lights may be seen also at other times of day. Since seeing the Northern Lights is depending on the sun’s activity AND the cloud situation, we can’t guarantee them.