Basic Lapland travel guide -
for the first time all in one place
Lapland travel is safe
Why should you consider Lapland at all? Why go to such a remote area?
These days Lapland travel could be a number one priority just because it is safe. You can enjoy your holiday without thinking of terrorists
and bombs. Just take a quick look at The Global Peace Index to find additional
reasons to visit Lapland
In this site we'll try to give you a little different approach to Lapland travel. Wikipedia will give you many of the hard facts. But our aim is
to be a little more personal in our approach.
Maybe you already know that
the Lapps or Sami people live in four different countries - Finland, Norway, Russia
and Sweden.
This is the land were the
reindeer roam - where you can meet them almost every day as you go.
Sometimes many at a time.
Our aim is to help you around in
most of the land of the Sami people. At this stage our Lapland travel guide will not cover
the Russian part.
(All photos: Olav E. Johansen)
This site is about Finnish Lapland travel, Norwegian Lapland travel(or Finnmark travel) and Swedish Lapland travel.
The Contrasts
The landscape is full of contrasts.
If you come up through Finland, you'll travel through a comparatively flat
landscape with coniferous
woods and lakes and rivers all around you. And in Sweden the same is true when you come from the south. You'll meet rolling hills
and woods and
many large rivers which you have to cross.
In Norwegian Lapland there is the rugged coastline and the fiords. You find a few big rivers. Going inland we find the rolling
plains (plateaux) and lakes.
The climate makes up for another contrast. Along the Lapland Arctic coast we
have
the Gulf Stream which
keeps the temperatures relatively high. None of
the Lapland fiords freeze in winter - which is quite amazing if you compare to the same latitude in Alaska and Canada.
There all water freezes
at 70 degrees north. More and more people make their Lapland travel in winter.
The climate makes it possible to make snow sculptures of
Lapp dogs like the one we found
in Tana in Norwegian Lapland (Finnmark). See picture above.
The Silence
The area is reknowned for its peace and calm and silence. The calm woods.
The roaring Arctic Ocean. The silence of snow. Nothing is as silent as snow. The music of birds
migrating all the way from South Africa or the Netherlands.
Some people even say they can hear
the aurora borealis.
What about making your Lapland travel to find out for yourself? At least you can make a small Lapland travel at this site.
It Is Different
If you are the type of person who seeks challenges, we have them here.
And if you seek solitude, you can wander for days without meeting anyone - except
reindeer
and wild animals.
No matter what part of the world you come from, Lapland travel is different. No matter what you have seen and
experienced before, you will find something new. New experiences. New things to talk about for years
to come.
The Light
Maybe you've heard of the magic of this peaceful area. The white nights under the one hundred days and
nights of the midnight sun...
And in winter the same amount of days and nights when the moon and the aurora borealis reign the sky instead of
the sun. The land of contrasts.
During the different seasons of the year the lighting conditions
vary enormously. From the white nights in summer to the long, dark and sunless days during winter.
And the magnitude and the orchestra of colours of the aurora borealis.
Read more about the light
A very peaceful corner of the Earth.
We hope that our basic Lapland travel guide will make it easier to come and visit us.
We who live here, love Lapland not only because of the Midnight Sun and the Aurora Borealis. We also love this corner
of the world beacuse we know that it is one of the safest places on this striferidden planet.
Whatever happened to peace on earth?
Daily you get news about suicide bombings and killings from
all over the world.
Even babies are dying for nothing and their mothers are crying - but their tears are of no avail.
About this Site
Our site can be a good starting point for your journey since this site seems to be the only
one covering all of Lapland in the 3 countries.
We'll give you the basics - at this stage. And together with the
"Resources" chapter and the overviews at the
end of many of our articles you'll have an easier access to a larger picture of what will await you in Lapland.
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