After languishing for decades, the Baltic countries have dusted off their fusty image as a second-rate travel destination and ...

The EU wants to keep old trees standing to help hit decarbonization targets. But foresters resent what they regard as ...

Traditionally semi-nomadic reindeer herders, the Sámi people have a deep cultural connection to Arctic nature in Norway and ...

Reindeer have been associated with the festive season for over two hundred years. This is due to an 1800’s poem describing a reindeer pulling Santa Claus over chimney tops and through expanses of snow ...

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

It works for greater autonomy and deals with matters related to hunting and fishing, reindeer herding ... because shortly thereafter Finland was occupied by Russia. Then, World War II led to the ...

Finland's community of approximately 1,500 Jews dates back to the 19th century when they arrived here to serve in the Russian ...

Finland has been ranked the world's happiest country for the last seven years. The country benefits from high levels of social trust and a strong connection with nature. Finnish culture also has ...

After fighting through to the doubles final of the Australian Open, Britain’s Henry Patten and his Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara revealed that they had bonded over reindeer stew. Having ...

Credit: Ira Matilainen/Aalto University WASHINGTON — Finland signed the Artemis Accords Jan. 21, the first country to do so this year amid questions about the future of the agreement in the new ...

Finland Confronts Its WWII History "If You Only Knew How Many Jews I Have Shot" Hundreds of Finns fought with the German Waffen-SS in Ukraine during World War II. New research shows that many of ...