5 reasons to travel to Lapland (during covid-19 and after it)
Whilst Finland has been among those countries with low infection rates and strict regulations, we have had our share of covid-19 pandemic this spring and summer. As the pandemic is still a big player globally in almost anything we do, we need to try and find positive sides of everyday living like it was normal. Normality needs some adjustments, of course, but we all know staying safe is always a priority, especially when traveling abroad. We in Alpland think that traveling
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
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
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
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
Life in Luosto
Happy New Year 2019, our dear reader! Last year we covered various travelling topics related to Switzerland and Finnish Lapland, Life in Engelberg, Finnish sauna culture and Swiss time to name a few. We will kick off this year by introducing you how life in Luosto – our other home – is. Luosto, located in the Sodankylä municipality, is literally in the centre of Lapland. It is the home of reindeer herding and the roots deep down to earliest occupations in
Overnight in the wilderness
Grüezi and tervepä terve, our dear reader! Did you know there is a Finnish children’s song starting with the following words: “If you want to go into the woods right now, you will be surprised for sure”? What’s so surprising in the forest? Song tells a story about a group of teddy bears playing around, peaking from underneath tree branches and frolicking around on the forest floor. This makes them all very tired and already quite early in the evening they need