The highest temperature of the heatwave, 31.7C, was measured at two locations, Ylitornio and Sodankylä, earlier this week.

Your sleigh ride is here. Uber is officially launching the world’s first-ever on-demand sleigh rides in Lapland, Finland. From Dec. 12 to 18, riders in the area can call an Uber Sleigh — a ...

The heatwave has left much of the country’s surface soil parched, prompting the Meteorological Institute to issue wildfire ...

The reindeer-herding identity of Finland in particular is important to the local population however the fragile Nordic environment of the Arctic circle has led to the population of farmed reindeer ...

Some 300,000 reindeer freely wander the wilds of Lapland in Arctic Finland. An estimated 4,000 are killed every year through road accidents, officials say, and compensation to reindeer herders can ...

Reindeers and their jockeys race during the Reindeer Cup Championship Drives 2011 in Inari, Lapland, northern Finland. There are 51 reindeer herding cooperatives in Finland, of which 20 took part ...

Luckily, there are some 200,000 reindeer in Lapland – and only 180,000 people. Huskies and white Samoyed were brought in from Siberia too, as working dogs to pull sleds.

Luckily, there are some 200,000 reindeer in Lapland – and only 180,000 people. Huskies and white Samoyed were brought in from Siberia too, as working dogs to pull sleds.