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Lapland casts a powerful spell: there's something lonely and intangible here that fills it with Arctic magic. The midnight sun, the Sámi peoples, the aurora borealis (Northern Lights) and roaming reindeer are all components of this – as is Santa Claus himself, who ‘officially’ resides here – along with the awesome latitudes: at Nuorgam, the northernmost point, you have passed Iceland and nearly all of Canada and Alaska.

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Finding Your True North in Finland: An Arctic Expedition

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  1. 1Visiting Helsinki's Design District during a guided city tour of Finland’s capital
  2. 2Floating in the Arctic waters with a safety suit during an exciting icebreaker cruise
  3. 3Watching Finland’s landscapes change on a sleeper train into the Northern Lapland region
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