Sodankylä
Sodankylä, a small town in Finnish Lapland, has hosted the Midnight Sun Film Festival since 1986, drawing international attention to this remote northern municipality. The Kitinen River runs near the town centre, and the surrounding landscape is one of vast Lapland wilderness. The municipality is officially bilingual in Finnish and Northern Sami, and its territory includes the Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, known locally as Tähtelä — "Place of Stars."
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- Population8,067
- Nearest water from center 0.1 km0.1 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 1.1 km0.7 mi
Nearest airports
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Sodankylä: quick answers
Where is Sodankylä?
Sodankylä is in Finland.
How do you get to Sodankylä?
The nearest airport is Sodankyla (SOT), about 12 min away by road. The nearest train station is Kemijärvi, about 1 hr 30 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Sodankylä?
The warmest month is July, averaging 15°C58°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at -11°C12°F. The wettest month is July, with about 86 mm3.4 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Sodankylä?
OpenStreetMap lists 2 museums, 5 restaurants, 2 cafés and 7 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.