Opening December 15th 2025 as redecorated and updated! Napakettu Holiday Village is a haven of peace amidst the rugged fells along the Inari River, just under 2km from Northern Europe's most famous natural fishing river, the Teno River. We are located in the municipality of Utsjoki, which is the northernmost municipality in Finland and the EU. We are about 400km from the Arctic Circle, so here you can truly feel the magic and mystery of the north! Napakettu Holiday Village has been in operation for over 30 years, but now this beautiful place has attracted new entrepreneurs to offer services just for you. We live in the area ourselves, so you are welcome to ask us anything related to the local lifestyle and nature. You are welcome to relax with us in the middle of nowhere and enjoy the peace and quiet of nature and the incredible silence it offers, where you will encounter authentic Lappish nature and Europe's last indigenous people, the Sámi. We are located only 2km from the Norwegian border, so you can easily take day trips to the Norwegian side, where there are higher fells and beautiful small villages. The northernmost point of Europe, Nordkapp, is only 280km away, so you are only a day trip away! In addition to accommodation, we offer activities in the surrounding nature and northern lights trips in cooperation with local nature guides. How would a day trip in the wilderness with snowshoes, lunch prepared on an open fire in the middle of nature and an evening relaxing after a sauna watching the northern lights sound like? Incredibly wonderful, doesn't it?! All cottages have a fully equipped kitchen, washing machine and their own sauna! Welcome to experience something unique, a holiday you will never forget!

Our story and how we ended up living in Northern Lapland. We are Asle and Erik, a finnish couple originally from Southern Finland. We fell in love with Lapland in 2020 while on vacation in the wilderness area of Hammastunturi. The cottage was in the middle of the wilderness, an hour and a half by snowmobile from the nearest road, and it was very authentic, without running water or electricity. We loved every second of that week we spent in the wilderness! After the trip, our hearts had stayed in Northern Lapland and we started planning a permanent move to the other end of Finland, far from our family and friends. We moved in 2023 to the municipality of Inari, which is a neighboring municipality of Utsjoki, and now in October 2025 we ended up in the village of Karigasniemi as entrepreneurs of Napakettu Holiday Village. Asle has experience in the food and restaurant industry, the hotel industry and other customer service positions in different industries. Erik has experience in event and fair production, as well as in the forestry industry. Today, Erik is a local logging entrepreneur. We have both been entrepreneurs for over 15 years. For us, the most important value in our holiday village is nature and its respect, as well as the comfort of our customers. We live here in the middle of Lapland's nature, where there is the cleanest air in the world, the clearest waters and untouched nature. We want to preserve this land as it has always been, in harmony with human and nature. Customer satisfaction and creating an atmosphere where you can feel the magic of Lapland are important to us because we want you to relax on your holiday and have the same feel of magic we felt. So we warmly welcome starting December 1st 2025 you and your family to our small holiday village Napakettu to experience the holiday of your dreams!