Finland’s best road trips: lakes, Lapland and local delicacies (think reindeer)
6 min read • May 22, 2022
Drive along seas and lakes – and even see Santa at work – on these fabulous Finland road trips.
Travel Stories
Finland
- The best times to visit Finland: from the northern lights to the midnight sun
10 min read • May 16, 2022
From the midnight sun in summer to the polar night in winter via snow-covered Lapland, choose the best time for your visit to Finland with this guide.
- Visa requirements for Finland: everything you need to know
4 min read • May 14, 2022
Do you need to arrange a visa before your trip to Finland? Read our guide to find out.
- Finland's best national parks for hikers, paddlers, foragers and nature lovers
10 min read • May 10, 2022
Finland recently opened its 41st national park – not bad for a country of just 5.5 million people! Here are Finland's most spectacular national parks.
- Getting around in Finland: a beginners’ guide
8 min read • May 6, 2022
From design-savvy cities to endless forests, Finland is easy to explore by public transport. Here’s our guide to the best ways to get around in Finland.
- How to see wildlife responsibly in Finland – and the best places to do it
9 min read • May 3, 2022
Discover Finland’s best wildlife watching opportunities from the reindeer herding Sámi in Lapland to wild brown bears on the Russian border.
- How to visit Finland on a budget (the only guide you’ll ever need)
10 min read • Apr 26, 2022
From Lapland snow fun to Helsinki’s trophy sights, get the lowdown on how to see Finland on a budget and make your euro stretch that bit further.
- Finland’s sauna culture: everything you've ever wanted to know (including the nudity question)
6 min read • Apr 17, 2022
Finland invented the sauna and, frankly, nobody does it better. Discover where to find the best sauna experience, and learn how to sweat like a local.
- Autumn in Finland: an alternative fall foliage tour
5 min read • Aug 27, 2020
For a few short weeks in September and early October, autumn lovers head to Finland to catch summer’s final flourish before the winter darkness descends.
- How to make Finnish baked leipäjuusto with cloudberries
2 min read • May 6, 2020
This unique dessert utilizes the Holy Grail of Finland's wild berries.
- Finnish your food in Kuopio: European region of gastronomy 2020
6 min read • Nov 8, 2019
The European Gastronomic Region for 2020 is Kuopio, capital of Finland’s beautiful lakeland region. In this article, we give you the delicious reasons why.
- Capital gains: Helsinki on a budget
5 min read • Feb 18, 2019
Helsinki is a captivating city with an intriguing history, impressive architecture, innovative design and fantastic food. Light and airy in the summer and…
- Baltic bar crawl: booze cruising between Tallinn and Helsinki
6 min read • Dec 17, 2018
It’s Friday at 8pm and, somewhere in the Baltic Sea, a ferry is sailing through icy waters. There is a party aboard: pints of beer are being slung in an…
- How to live like a Local in Helsinki
5 min read • Nov 2, 2018
Spending time in Helsinki's relaxed wine bars, steamy saunas, cheap and cheerful restaurants and inspiring art galleries are just some of LP Local…
- 10 best cheap eats in Helsinki
5 min read • Jun 11, 2018
Helsinki is not cheap, but since the advent of Restaurant Day – a festival organised four times a year when ordinary citizens can open their own food…
- Finland in a week
6 min read • Oct 24, 2016
Think Finland and what pops to mind? Moomins, saunas or Santa, perhaps? Prepare to push those boundaries on a week-long trip that clicks into the groove…
- Lapland’s gold: foraging for cloudberries in Finland
7 min read • Sep 26, 2016
In tune with the midnight sun, cloudberries light up the swamps of Finnish Lapland for an all-too-brief few weeks each July.
- A perfect weekend in Helsinki
6 min read • Jul 11, 2016
If Helsinki has so far escaped the short-break spotlight, this is its moment to shine. Shaped by the Baltic, swinging between extremes of dark winters and…
- Helsinki with kids
5 min read • Nov 11, 2015
With the Moomins as national treasures, it makes perfect sense that the Finnish capital should be child-friendly, but geography also plays its part.
- Finding Europe's 'Big Five': wildlife-watching in eastern Finland
5 min read • Sep 9, 2015
Go down to the woods in eastern Finland and you’re in for a big surprise. The deep forests, clear lakes and berry-filled swamps in this off-the-radar…
- Lapland beyond Santa: culture and wilderness in northern Finland
6 min read • Dec 12, 2014
There's more to Finnish Lapland than Santa encounters, as Lonely Planet author Kerry Christiani found when she headed 500km north of the Arctic Circle,…
- Enchantment and silence in Turku, Finland
5 min read • Jul 17, 2013
In Finland’s Turku archipelago, a borderland of islands preserves Nordic traditions, astonishing natural beauty and some disquieting memories. Explore the…