{"id":2728,"date":"2022-10-03T20:22:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T17:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polarstartravel.fi\/?page_id=2728"},"modified":"2025-12-01T17:13:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:13:38","slug":"uutiset","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/polarstartravel.fi\/en\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Our story"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We invite you to our home hills like a long-lost friend!<\/p>

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Once upon a time, the first people came to this village of Sirka, surrounded by fells and waters, along the road marked by the North Star. They passed through the holy pass, like through a gate to the village, where they found a home under the shelter of Levitunturi and K\u00e4tk\u00e4tunturi. In the village, Tiet\u00e4j\u00e4's drum echoed from the fells by the campfire as the evening faded into blue. The scientist guided us to keep in touch with arctic nature, which teaches us to stop at its wonders, to sense and be impressed, to fall in love, to heal and to be empowered.<\/p>

His drum called deeper into the magic of the arctic evening, towards the northern edge of the sky, where the North Star, the Polar Star, shines brighter than anywhere else. This is the brightest star, Stella Polaris. It is a cluster of three stars 323 light-years away at the center of the sky, at the tail of the Ursa Minor constellation. It gave people direction at the beginning of time<\/p>

The people of Lapland have always lived in connection with arctic nature. He gratefully collects the gifts of northern nature. He still lives in connection with the sensitive and powerful nature around him. For people from Lapland, nature is sacred.<\/p>

As our guest, you will marvel at the power and beauty of the surrounding nature, and hear the call to be part of something bigger than yourself. With Polar Star Travel, you can experience local Lapland, including its mystical side.<\/p>

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tPolar Star Travel 10 years\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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Polar Star Travel celebrates its 10th anniversary - Levi-based family business has grown into a versatile specialist in tourism in Lapland Levi\/Sirkka - Polar Star Travel celebrates its 10th birthday on 2 December at 14-17 at its office in Torikuja. The anniversary is an opportunity to look at the company's growth from a local family business to a strong player in the tourism industry in Lapland, with<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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17.12.2024 Polar Star Travel has received 35% investment support from the EU Rural Development Fund for e-fabike bikes, which will enable the development of year-round programme service production in early and late winter and, above all, during the snow-free season throughout the whole of the Tunturi-Lap region. The bike investment will enable cost-effective excursion provision for larger groups in the wilderness areas of Tunturi-Lapti and enable international clients to enjoy nature excursions.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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With the project, Polar Star Travel develops activities for international target groups that take place in nature during snow-free time. The tip of the spear is gravel cycling (Gravel) and well-being. In the project, market research, benchmarking of gravel road cycling routes in Central Europe and opportunities to develop a well-being product for the Italian and German markets are investigated. Sustainable development is at the center of the project and the project<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The project will develop snow-free activities for international target groups. The spearhead is cycling and well-being. The project will carry out market research, benchmarking and explore opportunities to develop wellness products. Sustainability is at the heart of the project and the project is preparing for an international responsible certification. The project will seek to grow the kv market and aim to<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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If you love you protect! Polar Star Apartments and Origo Apartments received the Green Key certificate today. The accommodation destination that received the certificate is committed to increasing the environmental awareness of staff and customers, increasing the efficiency of energy and water use, and reducing the environmental burden of accommodation operations. Green Key-certified companies can use it internationally<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lapin Luontoel\u00e4mys will move under the Polar Star Nature brand. We invite you to watch our new autumn film, where there is a preview of our new autumn adventures, which we will carry out in the summer-autumn season 2021. Now let's enjoy the atmosphere in the film and next fall and summer we will have adventures together!<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Heidi and Juha Jokela, the entrepreneurs of Polar Star Travel, will take over the appeal of Lapland's Nature Experience from July 1, 2020 and let Raija "Raiski" Palosaari spend her well-deserved retirement days. With the trade, the business activity, which has grown strongly, is more and more oriented towards nature experiences in Lapland's wonderful arctic nature. Transfer of Lapland's nature experience Polar<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We have made the decision to postpone the TerveysSummit Levi event by a year. The new days are 18\u201319 September 2021. You are cordially invited to participate! We want every person to feel safe at Levi's event and not have to fear anything, especially not for their health. This cancellation hurts us deeply because<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Tarinamme Kutsumme Sinut kotitunturiimme kuin kauan kadonneen yst\u00e4v\u00e4n! Tervetuloa kyl\u00e4\u00e4n. Pohjoisen t\u00e4hden viitoittamaa tiet\u00e4 tulivat aikoinaan ensimm\u00e4iset ihmiset t\u00e4h\u00e4n tuntureiden ja vesien ymp\u00e4r\u00f6im\u00e4\u00e4n Sirkan kyl\u00e4\u00e4n. He kulkivat pyh\u00e4n solan l\u00e4pi, kuin portin kautta kyl\u00e4\u00e4n, josta l\u00f6ysiv\u00e4t kodin Levitunturin ja K\u00e4tk\u00e4tunturin suojasta. Kyl\u00e4ss\u00e4 Tiet\u00e4j\u00e4n rumpu kaikui tuntureilta nuotion \u00e4\u00e4relt\u00e4 illan h\u00e4m\u00e4rtyess\u00e4 siniseen. Tiet\u00e4j\u00e4 opasti yll\u00e4 pit\u00e4m\u00e4\u00e4n […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2728","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarstartravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarstartravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarstartravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarstartravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarstartravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2728"}],"version-history":[{"count":87,"href":"https:\/\/polarstartravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6507,"href":"https:\/\/polarstartravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2728\/revisions\/6507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarstartravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}