I caught the overnight Santa Claus Express from Helsinki to Lapland. St. Nick didn't show up, but the $73 train was full of surprises.
While traveling in Finland, I took the Santa Claus Express from Helsinki to Lapland. The $73 train was beautiful, but there ...
The Associated Press on MSN15d
As tourists discover Finland's Santa Claus Village, some locals call for rules to control the masses
They frolic in the snow, take a reindeer sleigh ride, sip a cocktail in an ice bar or even meet Saint Nick himself in the ...
How to track Santa Claus around the world with NORAD’s flight tracker
NORAD, which is responsible for protecting the skies over the United States and Canada, activated its Santa tracking system ...
Kiwi teacher working as elf in Lapland Santa Claus village near Arctic Circle
An elf named Kiwi has been showing Aussies around Santa’s forest at the North Pole. Bay of Plenty teacher Virginija Werder ...
CNN14d
Overtourism has hit Santa’s village, say Finnish locals
sip a cocktail in an ice bar or even meet Saint Nick himself in the capital of Finnish Lapland, Rovaniemi, which happily calls itself the “official hometown of Santa Claus.” The Santa Claus ...
The Mirror27d
'I got a cut-price Lapland trip to meet Santa for a fraction of what it costs others'
A super grandma bagged cheap flights to take her granddaughter to Lapland for a wonderful overnight trip to meet Santa Claus. Siobhan Cucina, 55, wanted to surprise lucky Grace for her 14th ...
Voice of America27d
As Arctic climate warms, even Santa runs short of snow
By this time of year, the town of Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland — marketed by tourism officials since the 1980s as the "real" home of Santa Claus — should be white and pretty. But on a recent ...
Smithsonian Magazine3d
Why Is Santa From the North Pole? Here’s How the Legend Originated and Why Different Towns Lay Claim to It
Santa Claus is usually good news for tourism—and locales all over the world embrace their proximity to the Christmas figure ...