How Covid-19 is bringing a brighter future for traveling
Something big is happening. There is undoubtedly news about the on-going Covid-19 pandemic in every single World’s media right now. Countries around the globe are reacting to this threat one by one as the virus moves forward. Suddenly everyday life has become very strict and routined on micro level, whereas on macro level, globally, everything escalates and transforms daily. Everything is stable and still so unstable. Travel has faced its biggest transformation since innovating motor vehicles. Flights are being cancelled, borders are
Unique, sustainable and local – 3 in 1!
2010s was a radical wake-up call for the World. We started facing worrying signs of changing climate, hazardous peaking of extreme weather conditions and thus, too many lost opportunities, homes and even lives. Too cold old too warm, too much rain or too little. The overall ecosystem is aching, and it is showing. Traveling has a huge carbon footprint on this delicate ecosystem. As we know that flying or tourism can’t be thoroughly cancelled as they are a needed part of
What’s new?
New decade is upon us. “Twenty-twenty” will bring us new ideas for sure, but Alpland will continue on the same sturdy path we have chosen: sustainable travel with local hardcore knowledge and experiences. We want you to be comfortable in Switzerland and Finnish Lapland and gain the best memories in these two beautiful countries. Without any further words, we want to share with you the most stunning photos we have gathered from both Switzerland and Lapland during this year. They speak
Define your travelers profile
Many times, we as Alpland get the question of ’what we do’. We are not a normal traveling company. We are a travel expert and a partner throughout your trip. When you want to travel to Switzerland or Finnish Lapland, we take care of everything: getting to know you and what you want from your trip, organizing transportation, accommodation and itinerary if you wish, and also if needed, we travel with you so nothing goes wrong on the way. Personal
Everything local
When you buy flying, ferry or train tickets to travel aboard, you want to go and experience the local culture. You wouldn’t go to Switzerland to eat cheese that is produced in Spain. You wouldn’t travel to Lapland to experience Russian heritage. Traveling itself is one of the biggest topics in sustainability debates nowadays. Some people say that the best way to travel for a holiday would be to stay in your homeland. However, if you want to experience the World
Climate tourism
If you travel to Finland and small talk with anyone, you won’t find a person who wouldn’t touch the most interesting, best applied and truly varying subject. It is weather. Finnish people love to talk about the weather. No wonder because Finnish people experience four seasons every year. In Lapland, some people even talk about eight seasons. Being dependent on nature and roots in farming, foraging and living from the nature, weather has had a huge role in Finnish every day
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,
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
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