The highest temperature of the heatwave, 31.7C, was measured at two locations, Ylitornio and Sodankylä, earlier this week.

The Arctic city of Rovaniemi in northern Finland, home to Santa Claus and known for snow and winter holidays, has been ...

Passengers will be served a full English breakfast and a Christmas dinner on same-day return flights to Finland ...

The official home town of Father Christmas has been hit with a record-breaking heatwave, stoking fears that wildfires that ...

The heatwave has left much of the country’s surface soil parched, prompting the Meteorological Institute to issue wildfire ...

Nature lovers can explore Oulanka National Park in Kuusamo, where the twilight hours bring a deep stillness and increased ...

Striding out into the mountains and uplands has never been more popular, but are we putting ourselves at risk by trying to ...

Finland has broken an over 50-year-old weather record as the country is witnessing the longest period of temperatures above ...

Finland has broken an over 50-year-old weather record as the country is witnessing the longest period of temperatures above 30C, ...

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