Finland holidays

Wanting to discover more of Finland, I decided to try something new and unique and visited the city of Mariehamn on the Åland Islands. With over 6,700 islands to explore that make up the Åland Islands, you will have plenty to see and do. Mariehamn is the central capital city of the Åland Islands and has a domestic airport and ferry connections to both Stockholm and Helsinki. The Åland Islands are part of the Finnish archipelago located between Sweden and Finland....

We've wanted to stay in the Ice Hotel (and sleep in a room made entirely of ice) for ages and we finally go to do it at the ICEHOTEL in Lapland, Sweden. Here's what it's like...

Lapland is a very special corner of the planet. With a strong and peculiar personality, it is the home to Santa Claus, reindeers, Siberian huskies, moose, polar bears, salmon and the Saami people. Their scenarios change completely according to the seasons. It has northern lights in autumn and spring, blue twilight in the winter fort and in summer it is the land of the midnight sun. This region, north of the Arctic Circle, is inhabited by the Lappers and encompasses part of the territories of...

Fly just three hours north – over the lights of Stockholm and Helsinki – and you’ll find yourself passing over a frontier. Far beneath you, surrounded by snow-burdened boreal forests and icy blue waters, lies Finland’s Arctic Circle: the roof of the world. A precise 66°33′46.3″ north of the equator, this imaginary circle marks our planet’s most northerly point. However, far more than just a geographical boundary – crossing here means passing into another world entirely....