Christmas in Lapland

Lapland Information

Lapland is not actually a country in itself, but is in fact made up of regions in Northern Finland, Sweden and Norway, above the Arctic Circle. Lapland is traditionally the home of nomadic reindeer herders and of course Lapland's most famous resident - Santa Claus!

Lapland only has an average of 5 hours of daylight a day in December, known as "grey light" - this is generally between 10 am and 3 pm - the rest of the time is like night time. You might find it useful to pack a torch!

Language: Finnish
Currency: Euro however English pounds are widely accepted.
Time Difference:+2 hours
Finland Independence Day on 6th December
Flight times from the UK: to Rovaniemi take about 3 hours; to Kittila take about 2 and a half hours.

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