The official home village of Father Christmas has been hit with a record-breaking heatwave, stoking fears that wildfires that ...

The extreme heat is also affecting Lapland's famed reindeer. Celebrated worldwide as Santa's sleigh-pullers at Christmas, ...

The heatwave has left much of the country’s surface soil parched, prompting the Meteorological Institute to issue wildfire ...

Another heat record was also broken Saturday in Finnish Lapland, where temperatures of over 25 degrees — the threshold for a ...

Finland has broken its national heat record with 15 consecutive days of 30°C temperatures. The heatwave, driven by a ...

Tui launch ‘Search for Santa’ day trip to Lapland amid concerns over impact on climate - Passengers will be served a full English breakfast and a Christmas dinner on same-day return flights to Finland ...

TUI has this week announced the launch of its Lapland day trip programme for Winter 2026, which now includes flights from 11 ...

TUI has launched a new ‘extreme day trip’ to Lapland for winter 2026. Flying from 11 airports, families can head to Lapland ...

The package includes flights, meals, thermal gear, sleigh rides, snowmobiling, storytelling, and a private visit with Santa ...

Lapland is home to hundreds of lakes, the biggest of which is Lake Inari, in the far north, which covers more than 1,000 square kilometers. Even when the lakes are frozen, Lappish fishermen can be ...

Lapland occupies a happy space in the popular imagination as a winter wonderland, occupied by reindeer, elves and Father Christmas. The real life Lapland, however, ...