in the far north of Lapland, Finland. Homegrown tourists as well as people from the UK, Taiwan and Germany have been hiking to the remote area, all to get a photo of a dilapidated old wooden boat.

From the technicolour sky dance of the Northern Lights to freely roaming reindeer, Finnish Lapland is a true winter ... although there are route signs for hiking from the Ketomella bridge parking ...

For some of Finland's national parks, last year's visitor numbers had to be estimated based on 2023's figures. Some of the visitor numbers announced for national parks last year are unreliable, ...

Metsähallitus, Finland's state natural resource management firm, has issued a warning about an outbreak of an unidentified gastrointestinal illness in the Käsivarsi Wilderness Area in Lapland ... and ...

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