The permit area of Vikaköngäs is situated in the Arctic Circle Hiking Area, along the E 75 highway, 25 km north of Rovaniemi. The permit area consists of approximately 3 kilometres of the Raudanjoki River downstream from Lake Vikajärvi. The Arctic Circle Hiking Area offers comprehensive services, including hiking trails and campfire sites. A trail connects Vikaköngäs to Vaattunkiköngäs in the south. The area also has accessible hiking structures, such as a fishing pier.
A white-water kayaking course has been built 200 metres upstream of the suspension bridge. This course entails steel pillars on either side of the rapids and steel wires connecting the pillars together. When the course is set up, it makes fishing in the area more difficult.
1 January –31 December
18.12.2024
Our customer service is available by phone and email from 9 AM to 3 PM, except on public holidays. Customer service is closed from December 24th to 26th, on January 1st, and on January 6th.
9.12.2024
Not all information on angling permit areas has yet been translated into English and Swedish on the renewed Eräluvat.fi service. For this reason, not all angling permits can yet be purchased as a self-service. However, the permits can be purchased through Eräluvat customer service.
19.11.2024
Every fishing and hunting area and hut has a page with a map window that shows the location of the destination. In case of permit areas, you can see the borders of the area. Did you know that you can choose what and how information is displayed on the map?
In this permit area, you will need an angling permit for all types of fishing. You will also be required to pay the fisheries management fee, unless you are under 18 years of age, over 70 years of age, or are 65 years of age or older as of 31 December 2023.
Hook and line fishing and ice fishing are fully prohibited in rapids and running sections of waters with migratory fish stocks (i.e. also this permit area). In still waters, such as river pools, hook and line fishing and ice fishing are permitted with one rod with an angling permit.
Always make sure to check the location of the permit area. Please see either the map window or the PDF map on this page. Enlarge the map window to view the location of the permit area more clearly.
There are comprehensive excursion services in Vikaköngäs, including lean-to shelters, campfire sites and dry toilets. For more information about services in the Arctic Circle Hiking Area, please see Luontoon.fi.
A gravel trail leads to an accessible lean-to shelter beside the river at Vikaköngäs. There is also an accessible fishing pier in the area. The pier has hinged handrails and the rope railings on the side of the pier can be opened at one end.
For more information about accessible services in the Arctic Circle Hiking Area, please see Luontoon.fi.
With regard to fisheries management, the stocking of trout fry was begun in the Raudanjoki river area in 2023.
Markku Vierelä
Rovaniemi
Vesa Ihalempiä
Rovaniemi
Permits are sold for the period:
31.12.2024Permits are sold for the period:
1.1.–31.12.2024Permits are sold for the period:
1.1.–31.12.2024, 1.1.–31.12.2025
