Nestled within the Arctic Circle lies a land of breathtaking beauty and cultural richness — northern Scandinavia including Finnish and Swedish Lapland, Norway and Russia — home to Europe’s oldest Indigenous tribe, the Sami people.
If you’re looking for real-life Polar Express experience, look no further than the train to Lapland. With multiple daily journeys year-round from Helsinki all the way to the Arctic Circle, the train is one of the most scenic and enjoyable ways to get around Finland in every season.
When my husband and I arrived in Finland, we had only one expectation: to see the Northern Lights. Spoiler: we did NOT see the Aurora. (Well…not technically. More on that later.) But after a week in Finland and five of those days spent in Finnish Lapland, we returned home with newfound appreciation of Finns, Indigenous Sami culture, and the wilderness they call home.
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