Tourism that started in the 1950s to Santa's home in Rovaniemi, Lapland in Finland is now suffering from overtourism and the ...

The Finnish word for Santa Claus, joulupukki, means “Christmas goat” and has its roots in old pagan traditions, including the nuuttipukki, a horned figure dressed in furs who visited homes after ...

The whole country feels designed with children in mind, from Helsinki’s playful public spaces to the wide-open north.

The stevens have traveled all the way from Orlando to visit santa claus village in Rovaniemi Finland. It's been magical. It's definitely been *** longtime dream of mine. I am *** christmas fanatic. I ...

ROVANIEMI, Finland — Here in Santa Claus Village, near the Arctic Circle, is the self-anointed “Official Santa,” a Finn who refused to give his real name, insisting he was actually Mr. Claus. A couple ...

Families gathered at Santa's official residence in the town of Rovaniemi, Finland, which lies inside the Arctic Circle, to listen to Christmas songs and hear some words of wisdom from the man himself ...

ROVANIEMI/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine has not caught Finland unprepared. Even the Santa Claus theme park in his "hometown" in the snowy north is ready to stand down its elves and ...

NEW YORK - Nearly a week and a half before Christmas, Santa Claus is readying his reindeer for the long journey around the world to deliver presents from his sleigh. In Finland, there's a village ...

Play above the Arctic Circle at Santa Claus Golf in Lapland—midnight sun lighting pine fairways as reindeer roam. A ...

Reindeer herder Juha Kujala says he’s losing many of his animals to wolves. Finnish scientists suspect the predators are crossing from Russia, where the war in Ukraine means fewer hunters.

ROVANIEMI, Finland — Here in Santa Claus Village, near the Arctic Circle, is the self-anointed “Official Santa,” a Finn who refused to give his real name, insisting he was actually Mr. Claus. A couple ...