The highest temperature of the heatwave, 31.7C, was measured at two locations, Ylitornio and Sodankylä, earlier this week.

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 ...

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

Lapland has been hit by an intense heatwave in the past fortnight with temperatures around 10C above the seasonal average ...

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

Passengers will be served a full English breakfast and a Christmas dinner on same-day return flights to Finland ...

Widespread wildfires have erupted across Finland’s northern Lapland region in recent days, media reported on ...

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 ...

The organisers have billed it as 'the ultimate Lapland experience with the chance to meet the real Santa Claus in his snowy ...

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 ...

Two helicopters from the Border Guard and a Finnish Defence Forces helicopter from Utti, near Kouvola, have been assisting in ...