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'Revontulet'
In Finnish, the phenomenon is called Revontulet which means "Fox fires". You may know it as the Northern Lights or Aurora Borialis. People used to believe the Aurora were created by Arctic Foxes running over the tundra, their fur emitting sparks into the sky as it touched the snow...
...and from this, our Foxfires was born.
living in the unreal world
Hi, we are British husband and Polish wife team Paul and Aggie and our Parson Russell Terrier, Gooseberry.
We met in London, where we had been living and working for nearly 15 years. Approaching our 40s, we start to be quite tired with fast city life so started thinking about another way to live. A way that meant we could spend more time together, slow down and be closer to nature. We started looking at different destinations all over the world, mostly places we have visited at some point during our extensive travels. During one trip to the North we got engaged under the Northern Lights. It was our first time seeing them and they will always have special meaning for us when they appear. While we love the North, at that time, the Arctic was not on our list of potential destinations for a more relaxed life.
In 2017 we arrived in Levi for a holiday in the snow and we immediately fell in love with this place. We knew right there and then that we had to find a way to be here in Lapland under the Northern Lights permanently.
After only one day of holiday in Levi, we made the decision that this is the place for us and in August 2018 we moved here permanently. It was a long drive through eight countries and 7 border crossings but after seven days on the road we arrived to start our new life in the wild under the Northern Lights. Levi felt like home after just one day of holiday here and today 8 years on from that moment it still does.
We started the Foxfires dream with private Aurora hunting in our first winter. For the second winter we built the Arctic Spa. In 2020 we completed the build of the guesthouse. In 2024 we added the Ice Cube and in the coming years there are many grand plans and we hope you will enjoy sharing in our journey living in the wild far from the real world… in this unreal world that is our beautiful Lapland.
See you soon.
