It’s always fun to visit places with unusual names and determine how they came into being. For instance, “the Pocono ...

For many, the journey was about reclaiming their lives, stepping out of the shadow of loss, and embracing the path forward despite the pain.

In addition to a surge in tourism in Arctic areas of Finnish Lapland, the more southerly cities of Kemi and Tornio also saw ...

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

Sony Pictures' Screen Gems is releasing a sequel Jalmari Helander’s gritty WII action movie Sisu with the Finnish filmmaker returning to write ... Sisu follows an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the ...

Open image viewer There is also a long-term plan for a rail link between the Swedish mining town of Kiruna and Kolari in Finnish Lapland. Image: Maiju Hakalahti / Yle At present, seamless cross-border ...

‘The Sculptor of Ultima Thule’ traces the life led by Wirkkala and his wife, ceramic artist Rut Bryk, in Finnish Lapland. It was simple ... skilled lines are the focal point of Kengo Kuma's Christmas ...

Rovaniemi Airport in Arctic Finland will get a major upgrade with a €3 million expansion to accommodate the surging number of tourists to Lapland, Finavia, the country’s airport operator ...

ROVANIEMI, Finland — After dinner at ... Years ago, she did marketing for the Christmas Land project, which promoted Santa’s roots in Lapland, but now she says it has grown “too commercial.” ...

In 1984, just after Christmas, a Soviet missile ... with members of her student association at the University of Lapland. Photos from Finnish archives show a man in a red suit with a droopy ...