Urho Kekkonen National Park Customer Service Kiehinen

A multi-storey building with the Customer Service Kiehinen on the ground floor. A bike path leads past the house, with snowy pine trees along it. The sky has pastel coloring. In the background is the slope of the fell with snowy pines.
Inside, the service point has digital touch screens, where you can find information, pictures and videos about the nature of the north. The space has a table and four chairs. On the right is a table and benches and on the left wall are boards with text and pictures of the nationalpark.

Welcome to Urho Kekkonen National Park Customer Service Kiehinen 

Customer Service in Kiehinen provides professional hiking and tourist information services. You may choose to hike from one wilderness hut to another towards Urho Kekkonen National Park, or perhaps make a canoe trip on Ivalojoki River, known for its gold-digging history. Customer service point is also the location of the tourist information point for Inari municipality.

Open Hours in 2019

There might be exceptions in May at opening hours due of relocation of customer service.

1.1.-10.2. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
11.2.-21.4. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun 9am-4pm 
22.4.-9.6. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
10.6.- 25.8 Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-4pm 
26.8.-22.9. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun 9am-4pm 
23.9.-1.12. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
2.12.-31.12. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun 10am-5pm 
We reserve the rights to changes.
 
Exceptions:
On New Year´s Day 1.1. closed, at Easter 19.-22.4.open 9am-4pm, on May Day 1.5 closed, on Ascension Day 30.5. closed, on Midsummer's Eve 21.6. open 9am-4pm, on Independence Day 6.12. closed, on Christmas Holidays 24.-26.12. closed.closed.
 

Free entry.

Contact Information  

Address: Lutontie 16 (Santa's Hotel Tunturi's Gielas building), 99830 Saariselkä (Inari), Finland
Telephone: +358 206 39 7200
E-mail: ukpuisto(at)metsa.fi, hammastunturi(at)metsa.fi

Contact Saariselkä-Inari Tourist Infomation:

Telephone: +358 40 168 7838
E-mail: tourist.info(at)saariselka.fi

Directions and Maps

By Car

  • The service point is located in Saariselkä by Main Road 4/E75 (Rovaniemi-Utsjoki), 30 km south of Ivalo and 260 km north of Rovaniemi. Kiehinen is located in the center of Saariselkä in the Santa´  s Hotel Tunturi Gielas building ground floor, which is opposite to Lapland Hotel Riekonlinna. 

By Public Transportation

This is the web page nationalparks.fi/urhokekkonennationalparkcustomerservice

A hand holding a mobile phone showing Excursionmap.fi. Open the map of Urho Kekkonen National Park in Excursionmap.fi.

Outdoor Etiquette

1. Respect nature.

2. Mainly use marked trails.

3. Camp only where it is allowed.

4. Light your campfire only where it is allowed.

5. Do not litter.

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