Finnish Lapland, the official home of Santa Claus, could experience snow-free ‘black Christmases’ by 2050, according to a new study. Read the full story
Posted on 29 November 2011.
Finnish Lapland, the official home of Santa Claus, could experience snow-free ‘black Christmases’ by 2050, according to a new study. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 May 2010.
The dwindling number of school children enrolling in remote areas of Lapland is causing concern for Finnish authorities. Read the full story
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Posted on 13 December 2009.
British holidaymakers have long dominated Lapland’s international tourism market but the region is now looking towards Russia and central Europe to bolster its visitor numbers. Read the full story
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Posted on 20 November 2009.
A herd of over 400 reindeer have drowned after the ice they were crossing gave way, sending them plunging into freezing waters. Read the full story
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Posted on 19 October 2009.
The news that Lapin Kulta, the iconic beer of Finland’s Lapland, is set to halt production has shocked residents and city officials in the brewery town of Tornio. Read the full story
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Posted on 03 May 2009.
The sustained global economic recession isn’t deterring Finland from building more resorts to try and lure tourists to the remote Nordic countryside. A new four-star hotel is going to be built on top of the Levitunturi fell, a stunning site just minutes away from the centre of the Lapland resort town of Levi and accessible by gondola. Read the full story
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Posted on 07 April 2009.
One of Finland’s most flamboyant businessmen has revealed he plans to build an actual-sized copy of the legendary Titanic passenger ship on a piece of dry land in northern Finland. The giant ship will house a hotel and restaurants in a bid to lure more tourists to the northern areas of Finland.
“Everybody in Europe knows the Titanic. There are no tourist attractions in the Oulu region and I think it could attract tourists from abroad,” Toivo Sukari told the AFP news service. Sukari operates a furniture store chain called Masku and recently built a massive shopping centre named Ideapark near Tampere in southern Finland. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 February 2009.
The wild empty expanses of Lapland are no longer free range for Finland’s snowmobile riders. SIKUnews reports that local police have had enough of snowmobile speedsters zipping through Lapland’s ski resort towns and will start treating the recreational machines the same as cars. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 December 2008.
In a lighter bit of news, a balloon released from a special children’s centre on England’s eastern shore over a year ago floated more than 1,500 kilometres across the sea and landed in the wilds of Lapland. Read the full story
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No Motörhead wine for Icelanders, branding too negative
Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival begins today
Multiple shooting in Greenland hamlet
IMF refutes claim it tried to shut Icelandic national theatre and museum
Iceland central bank holds rates, predicts ongoing economic growth
Continued Malmö violence embarrasses police
Currency exchange privacy case thrown out of Icelandic court
Sauli Niinistö wins Finland presidential race
Iceland historic French village restoration finance secured
Murder in Hafnarfjörður
