Getty Images Reindeer herding is the main livelihood for many Sami indigenous people in the Lapland region that includes Arctic regions of Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Russia's Kola Peninsula.

Rovaniemi, Finland Rovaniemi, often heralded as the official hometown of Santa Claus, is a winter wonderland dream come true.

There, you'll sleep covered in reindeer hides amidst temperatures ... and the menu follows a theme of the eight seasons of Swedish Lapland. Then, while exploring greater Jukkasjärvi, guests ...

the Swedish Lapland is no doubt an exciting place to visit. The small town is also surrounded by an incredible National Park, which extends from the Torneträsk Lake and is also home to reindeer.

Fun fact: there are more reindeer (around 200,000) living in Finnish Lapland than there are people ... you'll also get a little piece of the Swedish and Norwegian mountains.

Rafa Vadillo from Catalonia, Spain, reports about new ice climbs established in Swedish Lapland, in particular in the Stora Sjöfallet National Park and the Sarek National Park. In 2016 I traveled to ...