Finland

Finnish Lapland is an incredibly beautiful place where nature has been kept unspoiled thanks to the rough conditions. Only brave travelers make it up above the Arctic Circle! Read further to see why you should be one of them. Winter is actually the best time of year you could come to Lapland. Most of the …

Vappu. What is Vappu? The strange sounding name makes Labor Day lose its spark in comparison! That’s right, it is the Finnish version of May 1st celebration. But as you’ll see, this is not just an ordinary May Day celebration. I spent two Vappus in Turku, Finland. One as an Erasmus student and another on a reunion …