Tampere, Finland
Tampere Cathedral Frescoes
The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.
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Tampere, Finland
The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.
Imatra, Finland
These Finnish rapids have been attracting tourists for over a hundred years and are now released with the push of a button.
Rovaniemi, Finland
If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.
Inari, Finland
This disused church, left to the elements of the Arctic Circle's forests is open for exploration.
Iisalmi, Finland
The smallest restaurant in the world.
Kuopio, Finland
A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.
Espoo, Finland
Finnish lake, and scene of an infamous murder mystery.
Rovaniemi, Finland
Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.
Inari, Finland
A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.
Helsinki, Finland
A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.
Pello, Finland
A little-known sculpture park of contemporary environmental art in a Lapland forest.
Finland
Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.
Sirkka, Finland
In the Hugging Tree Forest, lingonberry marshmallows, hot chocolates, and the best campfire lattes north of the Arctic Circle come to you.
Parikkala, Finland
Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.
Salla, Finland
Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.
Helsinki, Finland
This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.
Suomussalmi, Finland
Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.
Helsinki, Finland
A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.
Kemi, Finland
This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Saariselkä, Finland
Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.
Lohheide, Germany
A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.
Bad Schandau, Germany
An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.
Ulm, Germany
The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.