Best of Swiss Alps Tour
Grüezi mitenand und herzlich willkommen! Welcome everyone and so nice to have you here in Switzerland! We hope your flight was comfortable. Now your journey begins, a breath-taking tour around this beautiful country of Alps, countryside, jewel-like lakes, chocolate and tons of heritage. We will be present for your whole journey, to make it as comfortable and trouble-free as can be. Here’s a tiny gift from us, some chocolate and fresh water to start your trip. Let’s head towards the train,
Year-around bucket list to Finnish Lapland
Finnish Lapland, mostly known as the winter wonderland. It has often been quoted to be on its best during the snowy season. The Internet has tons of bloggers and other sites offering their own bucket lists for what to experience in Lapland. We at Alpland believe there is a lot more Lapland has to offer. Therefore, we are happy to offer you our year-around bucket list for your future holiday. And what is more, you can travel to Lapland year-around and
Being present
These days the world and life on it seems to be anything else than rush free. Western world revolves around conceptions and idealism created to support a perfect model for consumerism and economic growth that benefits from it. A typical day for a so-called normal family runs more or same the ordinary way: breakfast, kids to school, parents to work, back from them both, dinner, TV or activities and to bed. Timetables, schedules, bookings. Amidst all this, people tend to forget
Aurora Borealis
It has many names. Aurora borealis. Northern lights. Polar lights. In Finnish, ‘revontulet’ means literally ‘fox fires’, named after an arctic fox, that runs through the night and lights up the sky with its tail. They are beautifully coloured, typically bright green but also varying with hints of red, purple and yellow. Auroras have carried lots of meanings through time. They’ve been mystical, prophetical and promising omens. Some people believe they bring good luck, some people swear for the opposite. As
Swiss hike
Switzerland is picture-beautiful country in the middle of Europe. As we all know, cheese, cow bells ringing throughout summer, chocolate and astounding mountains define this small but feisty and characteristic nation. Swiss people are used to live together nearby family and neighbours. It is obvious, as the small country carries over 8 million inhabitants. Small block houses looking like a typical Alp cottage might even accommodate a few families. What gives spaciousness for people are the mountains and their beautiful snowy
Water is the essence
If you get lost into the wild, you can easily survive a week without food. But if you don’t have any water, you’ve only got a few days to either find yourself back or find some clean H2O to sip. Water is the essence of life and without it we couldn’t survive. Water indicates how nature lies. In both Finland and Switzerland winters are reliable of snow, especially when thinking about tourism. We have written already about the seasons and what
Climbing a mountain is better than standing on the top
Today’s world is full of easy options. Everything runs smoothly, thanks to the Internet and other technology. All the World’s data is available in your pocket and it seems the World is closer than taking a picture and uploading it to Instagram. Considering tourism, almost everywhere is made reachable. Easy access is more required as a necessity rather than supposing some places are simply not reachable by everyone. Let’s think about Mt. Everest as an example for a moment. It was
Lapland summer is better than winter and here’s why
There has been discussion in Finland over Lapland tourism during the past weeks. Topic is very simple: how to get guests to visit during the quiet summer season. Lappish tourism has been evolving around winter season, snow, reindeer, huskies and aurora. Unfortunately, these attractions are hardly even original Lappish activities. Also, they are reliable on snow situation which again is affected by the changes of climate. What is even more, these activities can’t be arranged during the summer season, not
These Swiss goodies you don’t want to miss
Summer is here! Summer season in both Lapland and Switzerland is a fantastic time to spend time outdoors and enjoy the warmth, happy atmosphere amongst people and naturally treat yourself with some chosen delicacies. When you head towards Switzerland, for sure you are up for a culinary trip. Mind you, this country is happy to receive anyone within its borders, but you should leave calorie counting at home. Switzerland is world-widely known of two delicious things: its chocolate and cheese. Chocolate
Free jewels from Finnish forests
It is May in Finland. Days have been almost unnoticeably prolonged for long and the sun doesn’t set in the northernmost Finland for two months. Nightless nights are here. The orchestra of birds is almost deafening, and the nature starts to bloom. Views in Lapland at 11pm This might be one of the most spectacular times of the year. Despite all the beauty nature has to offer, Finns utilize their forestry surroundings when the season changes. This happens because Finnish forests are full of free jewels that flourish