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Hotel Kuura under the northern lights — torch-lit winter entrance in Ivalo, Finnish Lapland

MICE · Inari · True Finnish Lapland

MICE in Finland's true Arctic wilderness.

Where corporate events meet the largest wilderness area in Europe. A setting that makes every event genuinely unforgettable.

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Signature Journeys

A purpose-built journey for your team.

Four crafted programmes — Reward, Connect, Lead, Reset — hosted at Hotel Kuura, our private basecamp inside the wilderness. Intimate by design.

Best for groups of 5–25

Explore the journeys ↓ Events & Programmes

Events, productions or celebrations at any scale.

Meetings, conferences, incentives, film productions, weddings, training camps and study programmes. From a party of two to +600 delegates. We arrange it all.

Corporate · Productions · Education · Celebrations

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Reward · Incentive Journey

When you want to celebrate success and inspire tomorrow.

REWARD is built for one purpose: making exceptional people feel genuinely valued. This is not a team offsite or a strategy retreat — nobody works, nobody presents. Your guests are celebrated from the moment they land: seamless hosting, bucket-list Arctic experiences and a private awards evening under the northern sky, all designed to say what a bonus cannot.

Best for

  • Top performers
  • VIP clients
  • Dealer & distributor groups
  • Award winners
From €1,490 per person (3 nights / 4 days) Explore Reward

Connect · Team Journey

When the strongest thing you can build is your team.

CONNECT is built on a conviction: that trust and collaboration form in informal, shared moments — not in exercises designed to produce them. The four days in this journey follow a deliberate energy curve — welcome, play, experience, return — where laughter, fire-cooked meals and one unforgettable wilderness day do quietly what workshops try to force.

Best for

  • Annual kick-offs
  • Department retreats
  • Project & sales teams
  • Remote & hybrid teams
From €1,390 per person (3 nights / 4 days) Explore Connect

Lead · Leadership Journey

When clarity is the most valuable thing you can bring home.

Leadership teams rarely lack information — they lack uninterrupted space. LEAD is built to protect it: the business agenda always comes first, one purposeful Arctic experience each day changes the rhythm of discussion rather than breaking it, and fire and sauna become leadership environments instead of entertainment. Four calm days — arrive, think, connect, return — designed around the conditions in which better leadership becomes possible.

Best for

  • Boards of directors
  • Executive management teams
  • Business owners
  • Annual strategy meetings
From €1,590 per person (3 nights / 4 days) Explore Lead

Reset · Recovery Journey

When recharging is what moves things forward.

RESET uses the natural rhythm of Arctic Lapland — its forests, silence, fresh air, fire and sauna — to create conditions where recovery happens naturally: every experience reduces stimulation rather than adding more. Four unhurried days — arrive, slow down, reconnect, restore, return — because sustainable performance begins with thriving people.

Best for

  • Leadership teams
  • HR resilience programmes
  • High-pressure industries
  • Burnout prevention
From €1,290 per person (3 nights / 4 days) Explore Reset

Our event basecamp in Ivalo

Hotel Kuura — The Heart of Our Journeys

On clear Arctic nights, when the temperature falls fast, ice crystals settle over branch and stone in a pale, glimmering veil. Finns call it kuura.

Private dining & meeting spaces Wood-fired sauna True Lappish wilderness Our own hotel in Ivalo

Hotel Kuura is our own hotel, run by our own team in Ivalo. Your programme runs on your group's rhythm; with the Prestige buy-out, so does the whole house.

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Events & Programmes

One wilderness. Every kind of event.

Specialized events across four different fields: Corporate & Incentive, Brand & Production, Education & Sports, and Celebrations. Each with its own dedicated team and seasonal scenario.

Corporate & Incentives — executive group in Finnish Lapland

01 · Corporate & Incentives

Bring the whole company north.

Incentives & off-sites, executive retreats, and conferences & symposiums — planned by the same local team from brief to departure.

  1. Incentives & off-sites
  2. Executive retreats
  3. Conferences & symposiums
Productions & Brand — film crew on location in the Arctic

02 · Productions & Brand

Create something unique

Film & productions and brand activations — location services, crews and logistics, trusted by Apple TV+, MrBeast Productions and ITV.

  1. Film & productions
  2. Brand activations
Education & Sport — training group in the Arctic outdoors

03 · Education & Sport

Train, study and test yourself in the wild.

Sport events & training camps, school & university trips, and Erasmus+ programmes — built around the season, not against it.

  1. Sport events & training camps
  2. School & university trips
  3. Erasmus+ programmes
Weddings & Celebrations — intimate ceremony in Finnish Lapland

04 · Weddings & Celebrations

The once-in-a-lifetime kind.

Destination weddings, honeymoons, and bachelor & hen parties — planned end-to-end by the same local team, whatever the size.

  1. Destination weddings
  2. Honeymoons
  3. Bachelor & hen parties

The team behind

One local team, from brief to departure.

Every Nordic MICE journey or event is planned, crafted and hosted by our own people in Ivalo. Journey designers, wilderness guides and hosts working under one roof since 2014.

Trusted by

  • MrBeast
  • ITV
  • Apple TV
  • Yellow Film & TV
  • Michelin
  • Business Finland
  • BBC

Selected projects

  • Two lit lavvu tents and a row of glass igloos in a dark Lapland forest clearing, seen from the air at night

    MrBeast - Finland Frozen Island Production

  • A warmly lit lavvu and open-sided stretch tent on moonlit snow at a Michelin influencer event in Finnish Lapland

    Michelin - Influencer Event

  • A line of snowmobiles and crew tents at a production basecamp in misty Arctic Finland

    Apple TV - Constellation

In their words

Xwander demonstrated exceptional skill in fixer, location, and production services in our Finland Project.

Their talent for identifying the ideal location, along with a blend of creativity, efficiency, and meticulousness in set construction, camera operations and location services went above and beyond our expectations.

Their focus on safety and comfort, aligned with their commitment to fulfilling our specific needs, led to a project outcome that not only achieved but surpassed our objectives, providing comprehensive and top-notch production services.

S. Scott Clackum, Producer Universal Pictures, HBO, Netflix

FAQ

The questions we hear most

The best kickoff for an idea is a phone call or an email. If your question isn't here, send it to us together with your brief.

How early should we book a journey?
Winter dates at Hotel Kuura are the most sought after and go first, so the earlier you write, the more choice you have. Spring, Midnight Sun and Ruska editions offer more flexibility. If your dates are closer, send them anyway — we will tell you honestly what is possible, often more than you would expect.
What is included in a journey price?
Every journey includes your stay at Hotel Kuura, daily meals, meeting space and equipment, a named Experience Host, the designed Arctic experiences, and all airport and programme transfers. Flights to Ivalo, alcohol beyond the confirmed beverage package and personal travel insurance are arranged separately. One partner, one invoice, one journey.
What group sizes do you host?
Most journeys are designed for 8 to 24 guests — the size Hotel Kuura is built for; with the Prestige buy-out the whole house is yours. For larger ambitions, we design a custom-scaled programme for 100 or more guests. Tell us your numbers and your purpose, and we will shape the journey to fit.
Can we travel outside the winter season?
Yes — every journey runs year-round in four seasonal editions: Winter, Spring, Midnight Sun and Ruska. The purpose of your journey stays the same; its Arctic expression changes — snow and aurora give way to endless light, then to autumn colour and the returning northern sky. Choose the season, and we design the edition around it.
Can we fit real meeting time into a journey?
Yes — the programme is modular, and the business agenda comes first. Meeting blocks are protected, with executive space, equipment and continuous refreshments at Hotel Kuura, and each day's field experience is chosen to improve the work rather than interrupt it. Tell us how much working time you need, and we design around it.
How do you handle last-minute weather changes?
Every outdoor moment has an equally compelling indoor or sheltered alternative. We monitor Arctic weather continuously and rebuild the day's running order when conditions ask for it — and the agreed purpose of your journey is preserved, whichever version of the day you get.
How do we get to Ivalo?
Ivalo is our default gateway and the closest airport to Hotel Kuura — private airport transport is included in every journey. If your group is arriving via Rovaniemi, Levi or another Lapland airport instead, we quote a private transfer or an experience bus with activity stops along the way.
Do you help with flights?
We handle flight bookings case by case, typically for VIP guests, through partner group-sale arrangements (including Finnair) — it isn't a standing promise on every journey, so raise it in your brief and we'll confirm what's possible. Either way, Nordic MICE builds your full itinerary on a turnkey basis with one invoice.
We're not sure which journey fits us. Where do we start?
Start with your purpose, and we'll find the journey. Each of the four is built around a different outcome — celebration, teamwork, leadership or recovery. Send us a brief describing what you want your people to leave with, and we'll recommend the right journey or design one around you.
Stefan Carrizo, Key Account Manager at Xwander Nordic

Your point of contact

Stefan Carrizo

Key Account Manager

English / Español / Suomi

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Send your brief to Stefan.

Tell us what you want to achieve. Stefan reads every brief personally. A few lines are enough; longer is welcome. The more we know about your journey, the better we can shape it.

We'll review your brief and respond within 24 hours.