Mar 2024
Ilonka’s Easter
Welcome to Ilonka’s Easter experience!
We gather around the fire to honor the nature around us and to rejoice in the coming spring and light.
In the old days, the celebration of spring and light included cleaning, spells, wake-up calls, painting egg shells and eating. All this was done to ward off evil spirits and bring good luck, health and prosperity. Welcome to Ilonka – let’s welcome spring together in the same way our ancestors did!
Suitable for the whole family, the event will feature:
– Egg shell painting
– Decorating branches and learning easter riddles
– A small slide hill
– A fire around which to dance and play, including the opportunity to buy grilled sausages
– Sensory experiences in a small atmospheric Kota hut, where you can sit back and listen to the sounds and smells of the fire
– Meet and cuddle with the lovely Huskies, including two puppy whiskers Enzo and Edgar
– Seeing the chicks, if they have already hatched, or just staring at the eggs, which will soon hatch into chicks
The Easter experience will take place from SAT 30.3. to SUN 31.3. from 11.30-16.30.
Tickets can be purchased in advance online.
20€ per person, including a hot drink (coffee, tea, cocoa or juice) (0-3 years free of charge)
Possibility to buy lunch at the Kota café.
Activity times can be found in our booking calendar: https://ilonka.fi/www/
Please book in advance for the children’s Husky Ride, Husky Walk, Wool Sock Husky Walk or the whole family Husky Ride activity!
*Please note that the Kota café is open SAT 30.3. – SUN 31.3. only for event participants. The café is otherwise open during the Easter week as usual from 11.30-16.Exceptionally open also on Monday 1.4.
If you can’t find a suitable activity, please contact: info@ilonka.fi / +358 45 123 9755
Apr 2024
Casting Call for Ivalo fourth season
Hi,
Filming for the fourth season of Elisa Viihde’s original series Ivalo will begin in March in the capital region, with filming in Ivalo starting at the beginning of April. Continuing as director for the new season is Juha Lankinen, with Iiro Küttner returning as the screenwriter. Once again, starring in the lead role is Iina Kuustonen, alongside familiar faces from previous seasons, such as the popular Venla Ronkainen (portraying Iina’s character’s daughter), Pihla Viitala, Mikko Leppilampi, Mikko Nousiainen, and Janne Kataja.
We are looking for background actors for the series in Ivalo / Inari area. No previous experience is needed, but you will need a Finnish tax card or possibility to invoice in order to get compensated. All are welcomed to apply!
Please apply in English here:
https://gest.fi/customers/jfhieb/6171?lang=en
Jul 2024
Kaldoaivi Ultra Trail
2024 will see the 5th edition of the popular Kaldoaivi Ultra Trail event in Utsjoki, the world’s most northerly ultra race for trail runners and mountain bikers. Since its beginnings, this demanding endurance competition has attracted over one thousand athletes to the pristine Kaldoaivi wilderness area in northern Finnish Lapland. Still something of a hidden gem, the trail event is growing in popularity and recent years have seen increasing numbers of competitors from the Nordics and countries further afield, like Spain, Belgium and Greece.
The next Kaldoaivi Ultra Trail will be held on the weekend of 26–27 July 2024 with online registration beginning 1st November 2023. Prices start from 59 euros. Various trail runs are open, from the 12km “Nuorgam landscape tour” all the way up to the punishing 85km. There’s even the ‘Trailrun double’ spanning 142km with an elevation of 1950m. Not for the faint-hearted! In the mountain bike category, competitors can choose from various series starting at 57km. The double MTB series will see competitors covering 215km over Friday and Saturday with an elevation of 3300m.
Competitors have described Kaldoaivi Ultra Trail as true adventure, while organisers warn runners and riders that the rugged wilderness of Finland’s borderland region makes for a challenging experience. Mountain biking and trail running off-road routes are exceptionally unique: competitors will cross the largest open fells in the wilderness, fast-flowing waterways, swamps and through fairytale-like birch trees. Sauna and drinks await the finishers!
Competition founder Simo Kurku says that the most important values of Kaldoaivi Ultra Trail are respecting the unique natural environment, providing a top-class experience in nature, and making sure of a well-functioning and safe event. Join Kaldoaivi Ultra Trail weekend for a bucket-list kind of adventure.
Find out more in Finnish and English at www.kaldoaivi.fi. Follow Kaldoaivi Ultra Trail on Facebook and Instagram. Registration began 1st November 2023.