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Arctic Winter

Reindeer, saunas, ice hotels and the northern lights: our favourite ways to spend the dark season above the Arctic Circle.

Publisher Northwind Tours
Updated 11 Oct

Arctic Winter

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Frost-covered trees along a frozen lake under a starry winter sky
GuideRovaniemi
10 min
5.0 out of 5

A Winter Week in Finnish Lapland

Seven days north of the Arctic Circle in January: how we split the week between Rovaniemi and Inari, what to wear at minus thirty and how to give the northern lights a real chance.
Publisher Northwind Tours
2
Sámi herders in traditional gákti leading a reindeer through a snowy street
ArticleJokkmokk
7 min
4.5 out of 5

Meeting Sápmi: Sámi Culture With Respect

Sápmi stretches across Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia's Kola Peninsula. Here is how to spend your money and your curiosity in ways the Sámi themselves welcome.
Publisher Northwind Tours
3
A red wooden sauna cabin glowing at dusk beside a Finnish lake
Article
5 min
5.0 out of 5

How to Sauna Like a Finn

Finland has around three million saunas for five and a half million people. A short guide to the rules nobody will tell you, and the ones that do not exist.
Publisher Northwind Tours
4
Carved ice sculptures lining the blue-lit main hall of the Icehotel
StayJukkasjärvi
4.5 out of 5

A Night at the Icehotel

Rebuilt from river ice every winter since 1989, the Icehotel is equal parts art gallery and hotel. Here is what a night in a cold room is really like.
Publisher Northwind Tours
5
A polar bear walking across a stony tundra slope in Svalbard
Article
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Polar Bears, Walrus and Reindeer: Svalbard's Wildlife

Svalbard has more polar bears than people. How to see wildlife in the High Arctic responsibly, and what each season brings.
Publisher Northwind Tours

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