Places KatjaSm Wants to Go

Contrasting the old concrete courthouse beneath, a modern and colorful residential marvel has emerged, stirring both acclaim and controversy.

A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

A little-known sculpture park of contemporary environmental art in a Lapland forest.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

This roadside attraction looks like a flying saucer parked atop the tundra.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

The world’s largest knitted mitten is displayed in one of Sweden’s smallest Arctic villages.

This Finnish town on the Arctic Circle is trademarked as the Official Hometown of Santa Claus.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.

This disused church, left to the elements of the Arctic Circle's forests is open for exploration.

This cairn marks the only place where Central European Time, Eastern European Time, and Further-eastern European Time meet.

Traces of a Sami settlement and sacrificial site dating back more than 9,000 years.

The people murdered during a 17th-century Norwegian witch hunt have been honored with a pair of stark, modern installations.

This beloved wartime mascot has been honored with not just one, but two statues.

This one-room museum is dedicated to Norwegian history and jokes.

The world's northernmost ice hotel.

This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.

At this Arctic outpost, get to know members of the indigenous Sámi community and meet their herds.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

The first and only troll museum in Norway has interactive exhibits, friendly staff and a small gift shop.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.