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Channel your inner explorer in Lapland, the vast Arctic wilderness that covers almost a third of Finland and has more reindeer than people. Home to both the Sàmi people and—purportedly—Santa Claus, this expanse of forests, mountains, and plains stretching north from the capital city of Rovaniemi is blanketed in snow for much of the year, creating a magnetic mix of winter-wonderland dazzle and ends-of-the-earth allure.

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