At Kuusamo, in Lapland, about 25 of the 310 miles of cross-country ski trails are illuminated and have rest stops, some with fireplaces.
In 2011 the couple paid €175,000, or $229,968, for a one-bedroom log cabin in Akaslompolo, in Finnish Lapland, about 970 kilometers, or 600 miles, from Helsinki.
A team of British and Swedish scientists has done just that, conducting experiments on a heath in Swedish Lapland, at about 70 degrees latitude.
In these latitudes the snow never melts from the north-facing mountain slopes, but in the short summer (Lapland has about two months of the midnight sun), from May to July, temperatures can reach as high as 80 °F (27 °C).
LAPLAND is just about as far from Cyprus as one can go in Europe.
The first thing I noticed about Lapland was the light, in pastels of greens, blues, pinks and purples.
Visitors to Kuusamo in Lapland can learn about Lappish dinners on a cooking course using seasonal ingredients (€50pp for a three-hour course, +358 40 860 8365, ruka.fi/summer_eng/activities).fi/summer_eng/activities
Finland Santa Claus Village Rovaniemi, Lapland Lapland is about as close as it gets to the North Pole.
Lapland isn't only about skiing and sky watching.
By Katherine Lyon The New Yorker, May 3 , 1941P. 61 Tells about a visit to Lapland - tourists at a small hotel, among them Mr. Whittington, an Englishman, and a charming couple from Devon.
Nature Travels offers six-day reindeersled trips, staying the night in traditional tents and cabins and led by experienced Sami herders (£1,588, excluding flights; naturetravels.co.uk); Discover the World offers three-night hotel-based trips in Lapland, with daily excursions to learn about the Sami way of life and their reindeers (from £779, including flights; discover-the-world.co.uk).
