I caught the overnight Santa Claus Express from Helsinki to Lapland. St. Nick didn't show up, but the $73 train was full of surprises.
While traveling in Finland, I took the Santa Claus Express from Helsinki to Lapland. The $73 train was beautiful, but there ...
Kiwi teacher working as elf in Lapland Santa Claus village near Arctic Circle
An elf named Kiwi has been showing Aussies around Santa’s forest at the North Pole. Bay of Plenty teacher Virginija Werder ...
Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo takes family to Lapland for Christmas vacation
Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo says it was “just a little cold” as he posed bare-chested in the snow before taking an icy dip ...
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Overtourism has hit Santa’s village, say Finnish locals
sip a cocktail in an ice bar or even meet Saint Nick himself in the capital of Finnish Lapland, Rovaniemi, which happily calls itself the “official hometown of Santa Claus.” The Santa Claus ...
How to track Santa Claus around the world with NORAD’s flight tracker
NORAD, which is responsible for protecting the skies over the United States and Canada, activated its Santa tracking system ...
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Finland’s Santa Claus village is facing a Christmas curse
On the edge of the Arctic Circle in Lapland, Finland, the ‘official home of Santa Claus’ welcomes over 600,000 visitors during the festive period alone each year, all eager for the chance to ...
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Why Is Santa From the North Pole? Here’s How the Legend Originated and Why Different Towns Lay Claim to It
Santa Claus is usually good news for tourism—and locales all over the world embrace their proximity to the Christmas figure ...
NORAD Santa tracker 2024 LIVE: Father Christmas and his reindeers finished their journey around the globe
CHRISTMAS Eve is finally here and Santa Claus has officially started his annual journey around the globe – and is heading for ...