Press & Media

Practical guide for journalists on a press trip to Lapland with children: cold, light, Santa Claus Village costs, safety and what to agree with your host.

25 sourced story ideas for journalists covering Finnish Lapland in 2026–27: tourism numbers, aurora, climate, reindeer, Sámi culture and film.

Rovaniemi or Tromsø for a family winter holiday: Eurostat price levels, Numbeo food prices, hotel and flight snapshots and aurora tour prices compared.

Who does what for film crews in Lapland: free Film Lapland help, fixers and local creators, the 25% rebate, Sámi guidelines and permits.

Is a Lapland holiday worth the money? Cost per person for a family of four, where the money goes, what is free and our honest verdict.

Winter in Finnish Lapland for families: −10 °C January average, school as usual, a children’s cold study and daycare dressing advice.

Santa Claus Village and the Arctic Circle line in Rovaniemi: visitors, letters, history and where the line really is, with sources for each fact.

Logistics for film crews reaching Rovaniemi: flights, VR night train and day trains, winter tyre rules, car hire, ATA Carnet and battery rules.

Lapland in Christmas week or January: official hotel prices, occupancy and a worked saving for a family of four, with the limits of the data.