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

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

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

Lapland is facing a spell of extreme heat, with temperatures soaring far above seasonal averages. After an unusually cold and rainy spring and early summer, the region, which lies inside the Arctic ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

A lack of snow in Lapland, the traditional “home” of Santa Claus, has folks in Finland worried that the usual crowd of travelers will go elsewhere for a white Christmas.