芬兰 童心未泯

Finland is always inseparable from the snow； eyeful snow seems to spread to the end of the world， pure and wonderful is another name for it. But in the Lapland of Finland， you will find that it has a heart of love to play. Santa Claus and genies hidden in the depths of forest snow， prepare gifts for world-wide children all day long， only in order to let each child’s Christmas stockings with surprise； Sitting on the sleigh， and the reindeer or snow dog pulling you happily on the road， that is a kind of fresh and exciting feeling； Looking at the magnificent and attractive aurora borealis in transparent glass house； Looking for delighted Nordic design from the streets and lanes…there is has eight months for people to play with snow， and design using unique ideas， everyday is happy Christmas here because of the Santa Claus. Even though the noble queen of the snow country is also still retains the childlike innocence.

LOOKING AT AURORA IN BED

You should not miss the aurora in Finland， when the aurora borealis crossing the sky， such as the colorful ribbon spiraling in the dark night sky， you will be conquered by the breath-taking charm of nature. Most Lapland region locates inside the Arctic Circle， so it deserves to be the best place to watch aurora. According to the legend of Sami in northern Finland， aurora is petard aroused by stirring the snow with tail when running across the Arctic wilderness. When fantasy green， red or blue were appeared on the black backdrop， you have to believe in the light of happiness has arrived.

Although the aurora is not appeared everyday， sitting on the glass house and looking at the stars all over the sky with a hopeful heart is absolutely romantic. We lived in Hotel Kakslauttanen； it is almost the iconic attractions in Lapland province. Looking at Aurora in Bed is the best experience for you. Transparent glass rooms are lined up in the snow-white on the ground， as the genie’s room in fairy tale. Don’t worries endure the cold under the gelid weather in this room； the creative and high tech glass dome adopts thermal glass invented by Finnish， even the outside temperature drops down to -30℃，you can also clearly view the magnificent aurora borealis and bright stars through the thermal glass.

BEING A GUEST IN HOME OF SANTA CLAUS HOUSE

“ Dear Santa Claus， my Christmas Wish is…”. That’s right， I was enjoying hot drinks and ginger biscuits with Santa Claus， and talking about the Christmas Wish by the way. The biggest benefits for being a guest in home of Santa Claus house is can wish to him personally in advance， and ask any questions about him. You can make closer relationship with Santa Claus by the time， may be the kind great grandfather with white beard will prepare one super Christmas gift for you.

CRAZY SAUNA BATH

Don’t experience Sauna in Finland is equal to never been here， Finland is the source of Sauna. Sauna is almost blended in each Finnish’s bloods， and becoming the necessary part of the life for them. “Sauna”is the transliteration of “Steam Bath” in Finnish. There are many songs， ballads， and folktales related to Sauna. Almost every three people of Finland will have a Sauna room. The highest treatment for appointment with friends is Sauna. Sauna is always becoming a place for social intercourse. The people of Finland discussed the official business when Sauna bathing， locals considered that can make a clean breast of others.

GOLD PROSPECTING

The unmeasured vastness Lapland was covered by lake， forest， and wetland， Tankavaara of Lapland province owns the oldest rock stratum in Europe， Precious metal and mineral were sleep deeply in some rock stratum， so there is known as capital of gold in Lapland. Since discovered gold mine in the middle of the 19century， there are more and more gold diggers scrambled for it. Every gold digger hoped the “First pot of gold” in here .Although there is not many gold diggers nowadays， but still can dig gold .The gold museum had collected and maintained the history of exploring gold mine in Finland. The original gold mining tools， metallurgy machinery， original photos， and documents were collected in the museum. There was also remained the mining gold ore which is 42kg with high gold content.

The most interesting is every visitor can try to look for gold in water by professional direction in nearby pool， that is only required for several Euros. You can take away the gold was found by yourself as the forever commemorate of Tankavaara. You can have a try if lucky enough.

THE DOG RUNS FAST

There is maximal loss if don’t participate snow sports in Lapland. The ski resort was in harmony with the heaven and earth， many skiers around the world playing in here. It is different from ski resorts of Switzerland； you can experience more snow sports in Lapland. Such as Sitting on the sleigh， and the reindeer or snow dog pulling you happily on the road， or riding a horse in the snow and hunting in forest. Dog sledding is the most dynamic and exciting activities in winter. Sitting the dog sledding in the wilderness let you close to the natural beautiful scenery in Finland. In Levi Husky Park， Husky excited when we closing to them. The mutual trust between these sled dogs and the master let us felt the inherent close relationship with nature.

ANGRY BIRDS

These irascible， irritable， and lovely birds are popular around the world. The game company in Finland did not think will be obtained a great success when designing and developing the recreational puzzle game“Angry Birds”. For this reason， there is the first theme park of “Angry Birds” in Finland. You can see the huge model of Angry Birds which are according to the game proportional amplifier everywhere.

In the climb area of the park， the model of large bird egg and green skin pig were put on the high and low climb shelves. All “big kids” and small kids who loved Angry Birds climbing up and down here， and exploring in the sinuate safe pipeline without boring， beating back the small green pig with Angry Birds. There are full of laughter fromand children on a very dizzy airship， and the dizzy chairs of birds， although the facility is same with other common amusement park， but fresher because assistant by Angry Birds， so attract numerous “Angry Funs” come here specially.

DESIGNING ONE WORLD

The Finnish are proud of their designer， the population of this small Nordic country is only about 5 millions， but it is the world-class design country. Perhaps the long winter given them more creative space， perhaps the superlative scenery of Arctic can arouse the inspiration of designer. In a manner of speaking， the whole people have participated in designing in Finland.

FINAL ABORIGINES OF LAPLAND

Sami is the aborigines of Lapland； it is completely different from other Scandinavian with culture， languages， traditional clothes， handicrafts， and the music. Although with sparsely populated， but Sami culture is belongs to the northern Lapland， and is an artistic treasures on Lapland. Even now， Sami culture is still deeply affects people’s daily life in Lapland. They still speak Sami， dressing Sami traditional clothes， singing Sami traditional songs-hymns （joiku）， even traffic card is marked in Sami. Sami does not have any race or language relationship with Finnish， but with the passage of time， the two kinds of culture had mutual fusion.

LOOKING AT AURORA IN BED

躺在床上看极光

到芬兰怎能错过看极光，当北极光穿过苍穹，在漆黑的夜空如旋涡，如彩带般舞动徘徊，那一霎那，你会被动人心魄的大自然的魅力征服。拉普兰大部分地区位于北极圈内，所以它当之不愧地成为观看极光的绝佳地点。按芬兰北部拉普兰萨米人的传说，极光是天上火狐跑过北极荒原时，尾巴搅动起地上的白雪而激发出来的花火。当黑色天幕上出现玄幻的绿色、红色或是蓝色，你要相信幸福之光已经降临。

虽然极光并不是每天都有，但带着一颗期待的心，坐在玻璃房看漫天繁星也绝对浪漫。我们入住的玻璃穹顶雪屋（Hotel Kakslauttanen）度假酒店，几乎是拉普兰省的标志性景点。这里最棒的体验是你可以躺在床上看极光。透明的玻璃屋整齐排列在雪白大地上，如同童话中精灵的房间。不用担心住在这样的房间会在极寒的天气下受冻，极具创意和高科技的玻璃圆顶使用了芬兰人发明的热玻璃，即使当外界温度下降到-30°C，你也能隔着热玻璃清晰地观赏到壮丽的北极光和璀璨的群星。