Since I cannot fly to Finland on a regular basis to obtain my happiness dose (my insurance probably would not pay for it), I escape to Lapland Lake, a tranquil oasis tucked in the mountains of the ...
A trip to Finnish Lapland to see Santa Claus, his reindeer and the elves is the stuff of childhood dreams. The funny thing is you’ll probably enjoy it even more as an adult. When the Yuletide bubbly ...
The nights are drawing in and temperatures are dropping in the Northern Hemisphere. And in Finnish Lapland, that means one thing: tourists are on the way, and they want husky rides. That’s becoming a ...
It was 4 degrees Fahrenheit at 2:30 a.m. on a crisp winter night as our car pulled up to a working reindeer farm near Kilpisjärvi, a village in the extreme northwest corner of Lapland, Finland.
Here's how to have the ultimate Lapland getaway, from where to stay to how to see the northern lights. Winter is one of the best times to visit Finnish Lapland, allowing you to see the northern lights ...
Estonia bunker and fortified home builder Revonia built a new resort in Finnish Lapland, taking a different approach to luxury hospitality by disappearing into the landscape.
Thousands of tourists have been stranded in Finland's Lapland as a severe cold spell has grounded flights out of one of its airports. Departures from Lapland's Kittila airport that would have ferried ...
A trip to Lapland is the ultimate winter wonderland experience. Here, snow-shrouded river valleys and lakes lie below spruce-carpeted fells, whose peaks reveal sweeping views over the Arctic landscape ...
On my last night in Lapland, a reindeer pulled me on a wooden sleigh across a frozen landscape. There wasn’t a star to be seen in the overcast sky, but even so the forest glowed, as if the snow all ...
As children start to get excited about a Christmas visit from the big man, those a bit older can get in the mood with a well-deserved holiday. There are few adventures more enticing than a trip to ...
During the Second World War, the number of Germans and their prisoners in Lapland exceeded, at its height, that of the local population. The Germans left behind a great deal of material that, outside ...