Hetta

Hetta (Sami: Heahttá) is the main village of the municipality Enontekiö in Northern Finland.

Get in


Kittilä airport has flights around the year and is 150 km away. See Enontekiö for other options.

Hetta is 25 km off E8, so mostly you have to turn or transfer at Palojoensuu, west of Hetta (there are daily coaches, but check waiting time). E45 from Sweden follows E8 from Karesuando to Palojoensuu, forks off to Hetta and continues to the north along road 93 to Kautokeino via the border crossing Kivilompolo, passes a junction for Karasjok and reaches E6 and Alta. A road from Kittilä comes to Hetta from the east.

The Eurovelo cycling route nr 7 from Nordkapp to Malta ("Sun Route", 7,409 km) comes down trough Finnmarksvidda, passes Hetta and continues down through Sweden. The coaches usually take bikes, so you can choose what legs to go on your own.

Get around
The village is spread out along the roads, so just roaming about is not a time efficient way to find places. Not too long distances, though.

See




Do

 * There are cross country skiing tracks around Hetta, some of them in the national park. The 10-km illuminated track by the village is usually opened in November, the last tracks usually in February. Skiing conditions are usually good until the beginning of May.
 * There are several hiking trails. Some are suitable for a day trip, others for overnight hikes. The trail to Pöyrisjärvi in Pöyrisjärvi Wilderness Area (45 km) starts at the nature centre, the one to Pallastunturit in Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park (55 km) on the opposite shore of the lake.
 * There are cross country skiing tracks around Hetta, some of them in the national park. The 10-km illuminated track by the village is usually opened in November, the last tracks usually in February. Skiing conditions are usually good until the beginning of May.
 * There are several hiking trails. Some are suitable for a day trip, others for overnight hikes. The trail to Pöyrisjärvi in Pöyrisjärvi Wilderness Area (45 km) starts at the nature centre, the one to Pallastunturit in Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park (55 km) on the opposite shore of the lake.

Events

 * Traditional Christmas market, held in Hetta in late November.
 * Traditional Christmas market, held in Hetta in late November.
 * Traditional Christmas market, held in Hetta in late November.

Buy
The nature centre has some souvenirs. If you want local handicraft, check in advance where to find it, as artists might work from home without advertising much locally.



Connect
Postal code: 99400 Enontekiö

Go next

 * Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park: The third largest (1,020 km2) and most visited national park in Finland starts with Ounastunturi just across the lake. The 55-km hiking trail to the central areas of the park (Pallastunturi, with services and communications) is old, nice and quite easy.
 * Pöyrisjärvi Wilderness Area by the lake that gave it its name, by the Norwegian border. It has varying nature and two traditional Sami summer villages, still inhabited part of the year. There are rivers suitable for fishing and canoeing. A trail to Pöyrisjärvi starts in Hetta.
 * Stuorrahanoaivi trek, a hike through the Tarvantovaara Wilderness Area, visiting the peak of Stuorrahanoaivi, one of the points on the Struve Geodetic Arc.
 * Kilpisjärvi, another village in Enontekiö.