Finland

European Snow Trip to the Arctic (part 3) Saunas, icebreakers and Santa Claus

Posted by: Maria in January 2025 (1 year, 9 months ago)

The day had finally arrived for us to hop again on a ferry and cross the Gulf of Finland from … read more

European Snow Trip to the Arctic (part 4) Sámi, reindeer and northern lights

Posted by: Maria in January 2025 (1 year, 9 months ago)

We kept driving north and the days went by without any northern lights on the horizon... We started getting worried … read more

European Snow Trip to the Arctic (part 5) When things got terribly wrong and we ended up in heaven

Posted by: Maria in January 2025 (1 year, 8 months ago)

After the aurora borealis magic, we headed again north. Our goal was Nordkapp in NORWAY (aka the Land of the … read more

Finland,[a] officially the Republic of Finland,[b][c] is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million.[10] Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The majority of the population are ethnic Finns. The official languages are Finnish and Swedish; 84.9 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter.[1][11] Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the … read more

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