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Address Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, 99330 Muonio, Finland Similar Pallas‑Yllästunturi National, Ylläs, Levi, Saana, Luosto | ||
Rainy day at pallastunturi
Pallastunturi fells is a group of seven fells in the municipalities of Muonio and Enontekiö in Lapland, Finland. The highest peak is 809-metre (2,654 ft) Taivaskero. The fells are a part of Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park which was originally established in 1938. Pallastunturi fells are also one of the 27 National landscapes of Finland.
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The first hotel in Pallastunturi was built in 1938. The Functionalism style building was destroyed by German troops during the Lapland War in October 1944. A new hotel was opened 1948.
Speeding cross country ski pallastunturi
1952 Olympic flame
A second Olympic flame of the 1952 Summer Olympics was lit on the top of Taivaskero fell in the midnight of 6 July 1952. It was lit by the rays of Midnight sun and carried to Tornio where it was joined to the main flame lit in Olympia, Greece. The Greek flame was carried to Finland on a torch relay via Denmark and Sweden.