Creativity has long reigned in Swedish Lapland — where the Sámi historically used their ingenuity to survive the cold, dark ...

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 ...

A warm and snowless Christmas is expected across most of Finland in 2025, with snow forecast only in Lapland and parts of the ...

A TRIP to Lapland is on every child’s bucket list, especially during Christmas. Here is everything you need to know about the destination, including what to see there and how much a holiday costs.

In Finland, Lapland's tourism has grown so rapidly that Rovaniemi, the region's capital and number‑one destination, where ...

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.

The Finnish word for Santa Claus, joulupukki, means “Christmas goat” and has its roots in old pagan traditions, including the ...

Wildfires in the vast wilderness of Lapland are set to get more frequent by the end of the century due to climate change. Finnish Lapland’s summer is on track to be record-breakingly hot, according to ...

As thousands of families prepare to take their children on a magical journey to meet Santa Claus in his Lapland home, some holidaymakers are concerned that the winter wonderland may be missing a ...

According to a study recently completed at the University of Helsinki, environmental disputes related to Lapland and their management are characterised by the diversity of stakeholders and the ...

Lapland occupies a happy space in the popular imagination as a winter wonderland, occupied by reindeer, elves and Father Christmas. The real life Lapland, however, is increasingly facing up to the ...