Day 10 – 03.03.2025

Today was another day where we had to cover a lot of distance. The day began with a dreamy winter wonderland as we woke up. Reindeer were seen right at the accommodation in the enclosure. At 9 o’clock we set off towards Oulu, where the next action challenge was to take place.

On the way, we stopped at the village of Santa Claus in Rovaniemi. Unfortunately, it was quite disappointing because it was totally geared towards tourists and sales. At this point we also crossed the Arctic Circle again and left the polar region.

At 1:45 PM, we received the riddles for the Secret Mission. After solving it, we found out where we had to go to collect points. We were right by the Baltic Sea, which was completely frozen over here.

In Oulu, Viator heroically went ice bathing in the 4-degree cold water to get the action points. Afterwards, he immediately went to the outdoor whirlpool to warm up. Today we collected all the points we could get!

For dinner, we stopped in Pulkkila. The menu read “We’ll be surprised” because everything was written in Finnish. The nice cashier then helped us in English.

We reached our overnight stop in Pihtipudas at 9:30 PM, after 11.5 hours and 660 kilometers. Tomorrow we continue to Helsinki.