Read more about veterinary services, animal protection, burying animals, animal health certificates, stray animals, and pests/vermin on the Tunturi-Lapin Ympäristoterveydenhuolto website: Animals | tunturilapinyth.fi. (in Finnish)
Tunturi-Lapin Ympäristöterveydenhuolto (Fell-Lapland Environmental Healthcare) is responsible for veterinary and animal protection services in Kittilä. Read more: Animals | tunturilapinyth.fi (in Finnish)
On this website, you’ll also find other information regarding animals. Kittilä Municipality maintains a pet cemetery and contracts stray animal services from local actors.
There is a commuter service line that is open to all and works on an on-call basis. When you want a ride for Meän Pirssi, call the route operator at least one day in advance. You’ll receive information about the exact time and pickup location. The trip costs the same as bus transport.
You can download and print the Meän Pirssi schedule here:
Bus schedules can be found on the Matkahuolto website at www.matkahuolto.fi/en.
There are plenty of daily transport options between Kittilä Village, Sirkka Village, and the Levi area, for example.
Businesses providing transport services can be found in the Kittilä Service Directory
Kittilä has an international airport with great connections to both domestic and European destinations. The airport is located about 5km north of Kittilä Village.
Contact information
Kittilä Airport, Levintie 259, PL 88, 99101 Kittilä
Getting to Kittilä is fairly easy due to its accessible location. Route 79 from Rovaniemi (from the south) and Muonio (from the north) intersect, as does Route 80, which runs from Sodankylä via Kittilä to Kolari towards Ylläs.
Services include promoting wellbeing, health, and safety in cooperation with the Wellbeing Services County of Lapland as well as various actors in the municipality. Tasks include, for example, coordinating well-being reports, increasing inclusivity, preventative measures for substance abuse, and relaying information about wellbeing, health, and safety to residents.
Kino Yläri offers movies in Kittilä village, in the junior high school’s auditorium. Kino Yläri plays movies on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, anfd there is a break in movie showings during the summer months. There are 102 seats in the auditorium.
Visit the log houses of Vaaranmikkola homestead area and check out the local peasant artifacts!
Kittilä Municipality’s cultural services promote the making and practicing of art, the accessibility of culture, and the preservation of cultural heritage. Cultural services organize a diverse range of cultural events year-round, both alone and in cooperation with other cultural actors/organizations, and is responsible for the Local Heritage Museum Vaaranmikkola and Kino Yläri Movie Theater.
