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 ...

Finland's northernmost region is "the place to go" to check "more than a few once-in-a-lifetime experiences off your list", said Stacey Leasca in Travel + Leisure. From the Northern Lights to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tourists visit the Santa Claus Village during a rainy day - AFP Is there a disappointment quite as acute as a child learning that ...

Between September and April, thousands of people descend upon Finland’s Lapland, the country’s northernmost and largest (encompassing nearly 39,000 square miles) region. (Though the area also ...

“Decisions to cancel flights are always made by airlines,” Finavia said in a statement, as deep cold pushed the practical limits of routine airport work in Finnish Lapland. For winter travellers, ...

Picture taken on July 23, 2025 shows people bathing at the Ounaskoski Beach in the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland. Finland has broken an over 50-year-old weather record as the country is ...

Whether off-piste, downhill or cross-country, the skiing in Lapland is sensational, with low-key, crowd-free resorts such as Levi, Ylläs and Saariselkä offering superb conditions from December through ...

Petri Kokkonen is a wilderness guide and entrepreneur based in Lapland. In 2018, Kokkonen traded city life for a remote cabin in the Finnish wilderness. Kokkonen said he never felt truly happy living ...

Lapland in the Arctic Circle is famously associated with Father Christmas, and the Finnish city of Rovaniemi even proclaims itself to be his official hometown. Little wonder, then, that thousands of ...