offshore171
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We have been planning a winter trip to Lapland in Northern Finland for a number of years, and I managed to find some award flights for the whole family from Tokyo to Helsinki, and return award flights from Paris back to Singapore.
With that, a trip was born.
Travelling party is a family of 2 adults 2 kids, and the travel was in Dec 2024-Jan 2025
The "polar night" is the period at high latitudes during which the sun does not rise at all.
It varies by Latitude, but In our part of Lapland, it goes from about the 12th of December until around 2nd January. You get about 5 hours of dawn/dusk, which is absolutely mesmerising.
The soft arctic lighting produces the most amazing hues. A sample:
With that, a trip was born.
Travelling party is a family of 2 adults 2 kids, and the travel was in Dec 2024-Jan 2025
The "polar night" is the period at high latitudes during which the sun does not rise at all.
It varies by Latitude, but In our part of Lapland, it goes from about the 12th of December until around 2nd January. You get about 5 hours of dawn/dusk, which is absolutely mesmerising.
The soft arctic lighting produces the most amazing hues. A sample:
