Finland: Updates & Travel

Travel in Finland?

• Days without night in summer (midnight sun) and nights without day in winter. Finland is the land of the mysterious northern lights and the home of Santa Claus. During summer an ideal place for hiking along thousands of lakes and during winter a wonderful place for skiing.
• Go to the sauna. Worldwide, Finland has the largest number of saunas per capita. You can literally find them on every street corner.
• See the northern lights during the Finnish winter months. If you visit Finland during the summer months, you can see the midsummer night sun. During this period, it barely gets dark at night.
• Visit fortress Suomenlinna. This is Finland's most famous tourist attraction. The fort was built in 1748 against enemies at sea.
• Go hiking in the north of the country in one of the national parks such as Urho Kekkonen national park.
• Near Rovaniemi you will find the place where Santa Claus comes from. There you have Santa's house, Santa's tourist center, a Santa Claus amusement park, Santa's airport and the school where his helpers are trained. Furthermore, here you can take a dog or reindeer sleigh ride, ice fish, ski or go on a snowmobile safari.
• Inari is the capital of the traditional Sámi people. Learn more about this people here and visit Siidda museum, for example.
• Old Rauma: This village in western Finland is known for its large number of wooden houses from the 18th and 19th centuries.
• Finnish Lake Plain: The Finnish Lake Plain in central and eastern Finland consists of about 60,000 lakes connected by small and larger rivers, streams and canals. These lakes are still from the ice age. The largest lakes are Lake Saima, Lake Päijanen and Lake Inari. You can also see bears in eastern Finland between April and August.
• Helsinki: This is the capital of Finland. Located on the Baltic Sea, the city is historically interesting and there is also a lot to see in terms of modern architecture and culture.
• Never ask a Sámi how many reindeer they own. This is very personal information, which even close friends do not talk about with each other. Comparable to asking someone how much money they have in the bank.
• Watch out for reindeer on the road. These beasts weigh about 500 kilograms and if you drive into these, you're not done yet.
• Be prepared that Lapland is cold! Bring warm clothes.

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