Finland is an easy country to visit. Finnish customs and manners are mostly European, of course, there are a few national variations. Finnish attitudes are liberal. Finns don´t expect foreigners to know much about their country, but they´ll be pleased if a visitor is familiar with some milestones of Finnish history or sports achievements. Finnish …
The reindeer is a semi-wild herd animal that lives in the north. Lapland reindeer resemble the habits and body structure of the mountain reindeer. In Lapland, there are more reindeer than people (about 200 000 vs 185 000). Reindeer are absolutely the symbol of Lapland. Lapland reindeer, Rudolf, is also known as Santa Claus’s most …
The Sámi live in the Northern parts of Scandinavia and in parts of North-Eastern Russia. The Sámi have been known in English as Lapps or Laplanders, but these terms are regarded as offensive by some Sámi people. You just can use the word Sámi. In Finland, the Sámi population is around 10 500 persons. The preservation of their endangered language …
To understand what causes the Northern Lights is quite a new thing to us people. With science we have a pretty good idea on it now. At the 18th century the first serious scientific attempts were made to explain the phenomena and the 1950s we really understand how the Aurora formed. It is all about the …
Finland is an amazing destination to visit in winter, especially Lapland! The snow season in Lapland starts in November and lasts until May, so we have a lot of activities to fill all the snowy time. In Lapland is so much to see and do. You can go downhill or cross-country skiing, go on a husky …
Suunnittelu: Digitoimisto Katica 2022
