{"id":15106,"date":"2026-01-05T10:37:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=15106"},"modified":"2025-09-11T10:37:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:37:38","slug":"winter-in-riisitunturi-national-park-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=15106","title":{"rendered":"Winter in Riisitunturi National Park, Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luontoon.fi\/en\/destinations\/riisitunturi-national-park\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.luontoon.fi\/en\/destinations\/riisitunturi-national-park\">Riisitunturi National Park<\/a>, in Finnish Lapland, is\u00a0well known for its iconic, snow-laden forests, where trees become &#8220;sculptures&#8221; under the immense weight of accumulated snow and ice. The phenomenon is known as tykky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-attachment-id=\"15107\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=15107\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/9e6dd40d-location-snow-crowned-forest-lapland-winter-snow-riisitunturi-national-park-posio-anna-liisa-pirhonen-vastavalo.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/klOpt14_syw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=213&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luontoon.fi\/en\/destinations\/riisitunturi-national-park\">https:\/\/www.luontoon.fi\/en\/destinations\/riisitunturi-national-park<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lapland.fi\/film\/locations\/top-filming-locations\/location-snow-crowned-forest-posio\/#\">https:\/\/www.lapland.fi\/film\/locations\/top-filming-locations\/location-snow-crowned-forest-posio\/#<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitrovaniemi.fi\/activity-product\/riisitunturi-national-park\/\">https:\/\/www.visitrovaniemi.fi\/activity-product\/riisitunturi-national-park\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordicodyssey.net\/riisitunturi-national-park-from-rovaniemi-private-tour\/\">https:\/\/nordicodyssey.net\/riisitunturi-national-park-from-rovaniemi-private-tour\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riisitunturi National Park, in Finnish Lapland, is\u00a0well known for its iconic, snow-laden forests, where trees become &#8220;sculptures&#8221; under the immense weight of accumulated snow and ice. The phenomenon is known as tykky. 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