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Across the river from the town centre, this campground has a sauna and good showers as
well as a riverside cafe-bar. Cabins, discreetly angled for privacy, are simple but spacious,
with a fridge and camp stove; there are also cottage apartments with their own kitchen and
sauna. You can hire bikes here.
Majatalo Kolme Veljestä
GUESTHOUSE
( 0400-539-075;
www.majatalokolmeveljesta.fi
;
Ivalontie 1;s/d/tr €48/68/80; )
Five hundred metres north of the town centre, this family-run guesthouse has small but
spotless rooms with wire storage units and other comfortable Ikea-type furniture. Guests
share decent bathrooms and have use of a lounge and kitchen facilities (there's a big super-
market across the road). Price includes breakfast, sauna, tea and coffee.
Hotelli Karhu
HOTEL
(Hotel Bear Inn; 040-122-8250;
www.hotel-bearinn.com
;
Lapintie 7;r €105-115; )
This central hotel is Sodankylä's best option, offering decent rooms with grey-wood floors
and modern bathrooms. Some single rooms come with a cute mini-sauna. The restaurant
does OK lunches (€9) and dinners (€15).
Päivin Kammari
CAFE
(
www.paivinkammari.fi
;Jäämerentie 11;mains €15-29; 10am-9pm Mon-Sat, noon-6pm Sun; )
Cosy and homelike, this is the best eating spot in town, with soups, quiches, cakes, good
coffee and streetside seating. It does cheap lunches and tasty à la carte meals with local
muikku
(vendace, or whitefish, a small lake fish) and reindeer.
Drinking & Nightlife
Rooperante
PUB
(
www.facebook.com/Rooperante
;Jäämerentie 19; 6pm-midnight Sun-Thu, 6pm-2am Fri & Sat)
This is Sodankylä's best pub, though, like in any Lapland bar, there are always a few
shamblers about.
