News Finland Lapland: Rovaniemi, Kuopio and Oulu most lucrative Finnish cities for residential investment
Rovaniemi, in Finnish Lapland, rose four places from last year’s forecast, and is now the number one location with the best outlook for residential property investment. “Rovaniemi’s absolute strength ...
News Finland Lapland: Heatwave to hit Finland at the beginning of next week
From Helsinki all the way up to Lapland, the mercury will rise well into the mid-20s next week. For southwestern Finland temperatures of +27 degrees are in store, while in Lapland the forecast ...
News Finland Lapland: RoPS v Aberdeen: Derek McInnes sees the light in Finland
Derek McInnes says his players will not be distracted by Lapland's midnight sun in their Europa League first qualifying round second leg with RoPS. The concession of a late away goal in Aberdeen ...
News Finland Lapland: The women fighting for Lapland
As climate change affects the livelihoods of Finland's indigenous Sami people, a proposed new Arctic railway, forestry and mining could change Lapland forever. Climate change affects the Arctic more ...
News Finland Lapland: Friday’s papers: Median incomes, urban health and the Laestadian gathering
The annual summer weekend festival, which is Finland’s second-largest regular event after the Turku music festival Ruisrock, dates back to 1906. Laestadianism is a conservative Lutheran revival ...
News Finland Lapland: Conifa European Football Cup - where Mark Clattenburg and Right Said Fred collide
The Sami are no exception. Rovaniemi, the capital of Finnish Lapland and a short sleigh ride away from the Arctic Circle, was almost completely destroyed during World War Two. The Nazi German army was ...
News Finland Lapland: A Proposed Railway in the Arctic Has Investors Excited—and Indigenous Groups Terrified
Many Scandinavians are hoping that disappearing Arctic ice will lead to an economic boomâbut the Sámi people are worried that multinational infrastructure projects will eliminate their livelihood.
News Finland Lapland: Stian Klo Reveals the Surreal Vistas of Finnish Lapland
All photos by Stian Klo. Used with Creative Commons permission. We’ve seen a fair bit of beautiful landscape photography, in all its surreal glory. It’s stuff we’ll never get tired of. That’s why ...
News Finland Lapland: eSled tour, Finland: Riding the world's first electric snowmobile
See finnair.com. TOUR 50 Degrees North specialises in authentic travel experiences in the Nordic region, including Finnish Lapland. It offers both independent and group tours; the eSled safari can be ...
News Finland Lapland: Cannes: ‘The Woodcutter Story’ Wins Critics’ Week’s Next Step Award
“The Woodcutter Story,” which is being developed by the production banner Aamu Film Company, unfolds in Finland’s Lapland, in a quiet village where a dark force enters and sparks a series of ...
News Finland Lapland: Finnish Lapland makes its relaxing soundscape available to everyone
The unique and calming sounds and atmosphere of Finnish Lapland will be available to listeners around the world for the first time ever. Three Sound of Lapland recordings will be released worldwide on ...
News Finland Lapland: Finland’s Arctic Council chairmanship overshadowed by global tensions
However Professor Timo Koivurova, director of the University of Lapland’s Arctic Research Institute, and co-chair of the Arctic Council’s Social, Economic and Cultural Expert Group, says Finland’s ...
News Finland Lapland: Herders in Finland Spray Reindeers’ Horns With Reflective Paint, and There’s a Good Reason for It
Imagine Rudolph with a shiny nose and glowing horns. That’s what you would encounter if you traveled to Rovaniemi in the Finnish Lapland. But as strange as it may sound, not only do these shiny ...
News Finland Lapland: Venezuelan tensions part of discussion at Arctic Council meeting
Sweden and the US meeting in the capital of Finnish Lapland. (Linnea Nordström/Arctic Council Secretariat) The Arctic Council ministerial meeting began on Monday in Rovaniemi, Arctic Finland with one ...
