A simple marketing idea, playing off a cherished childhood fantasy, has made a small city on the edge of the Arctic Circle almost unlivable for many people who live there. And it’s not just the ...

Tourists having their picture taken with one of the Santas at Santa Claus Village outside Rovaniemi ... Gettleman Photographs by Jim Huylebroek In Lapland, Jeffrey Gettleman and Jim Huylebroek ...

If it wasn't enough to consider Tlalpujahua the Latin Lapland, they even have the House and Village of Santa Claus, which simulates the street of Bavaria, in Rothenburg, in honor of the first ...

Finland’s 5.5 million people enjoy a standard of lifestyle that is the envy of many who live in a land of wild natural ... began in the Arctic Circle. Check out Santa Claus Village on the webcam here.

Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Finland. Rovaniemi Rovaniemi—the administrative and commercial capital of Lapland, Finland’s northernmost province—wasn’t much of a tourist destination ...

Not the reaction of a young child, but the first thought that came into my head when I stepped into the half-light of a Lapland Polar Night ... the edge of a lake when we found Santa and his elves.

Lapland is the home of Santa Claus, and the home of winter adventure - with reindeer, huskies, snowmobiling and mountain sports just part of the action on offer. We spent three nights in the north of ...

Not the reaction of a young child, but the first thought that came into my head when I stepped into the half-light of a Lapland ... we found Santa and his elves. The path to the village is lined ...