Just Lapland

Winter in Lapland lasts approximately 200 days. Part of the winter above the Arctic Circle is spent during polar nights, during which the sun does not rise above the horizon.The lakes freeze, on average, between toward the end of November and the beginning of December. The lowest winter temperatures can be from -45° to -50° in East-Finland and Lapland. Luckily, it doesn't get that cold every winter.

Yllas. The indigenous people of Lapland are know as Sami. The Sami people inhabited a wide area from the Northern part of Finland, Sweden, Norway and some parts of Russia. The Sami people had a variety of livelihoods including Fishing Herding and hunting. Thanks to the reindeer the Sami people obtained food and developed their own trade. They lived in small groups and every family had their own Kota-a-tepee- a house. Nowadays only a minority of Sami people in their natural surroundings and still have a nomadic lifestyle. They defend their tradition fiercly and are very protective of their tradition and so are keen to pass their cultures down to the younger generation. The traditions still practiced today by all who live in Lapland are Fishing and picking berries (Ruska time) whcih happens late in the Summer.otal geographic area. There is a total of 92,665.72 km2 land area and 6,318.58 km2 of water area in Lapland.