ROVANIEMI, Finland — After dinner ... of stuff that was not indigenous to Lapland but fun anyway: dog sledding, igloos, a hotel bar made out of ice. The Christmas season grew, too.

Autumn in the far north of Scandinavia means crisp mornings, warm sunny days and a colourful fanfare of foliage. It’s the ...

The far north of Scandinavia is synonymous with Christmas – and minus 30 degree temperatures. Which makes visiting at a different time more alluring.

The summer of 2024 was the warmest in 2,000 years in the Lapland region of northern Finland, Norway and Sweden, driven by ...

This past winter was in many ways a record-breaking one in Finnish Lapland with the city of Rovaniemi ... Schengen area than during the same month of last year. In the run-up to Christmas, Rovaniemi ...

(Marjukka Talvitie, Juuso Stoor, Juuso Stoor / Yle) In addition to a surge in tourism in Arctic areas of Finnish Lapland ... In the run-up to Christmas, Rovaniemi airport received up to 80 ...

Smoke rises from the Rovaniemi Airport in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland, Finland, May 7, 2025. An F/A-18 Hornet of the Finnish Defence Forces crashed near the Rovaniemi Airport on Wednesday.

A funpark based in the heart of Co Wicklow has been granted planning permission for a Christmas village which will allow them to operate for an additional six weeks off season. Clara Lara Funpark ...

City leaders and CJL Engineering are looking to improve the park, but construction, which is set to begin around Labor Day, will overlap with the 'Christmas Village.' Johnstown City Manager ...