Winter Wonderland: Our Cabin In Lapland - Exploring Rovaniemi And Beyond - Finland
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- We rented a Magical Winter Cabin in the Arctic Circle, two hours from Rovaniemi, Lapland. This magical winter cabin was our home for 4 days as we explore the wilderness around Äkäslompolo in Northern Finland. We wanted a more peaceful holiday away from all the tourist attractions many go to see in Rovaniemi.
This also gave us a greater chance of seeing the aurora borealis or the Northern Lights. Join us to see if we managed to spot this elusive phenomenon?
Also during our wonderful winter cabin holiday in Lapland, we will stop briefly at the Santa Claus village to see what all the fuss is about, take an overnight sleeper train to the Capital Helsinki and find out more about the indigenous people called the Sami. So there are lots to take away from this Magical Winter Cabin trip, and let's not forget all the SNOW making it a very cosy, snowy Christmas Holiday!
Äkäslompolo goo.gl/maps/HPYcfnRBgzLsZUxm8
Muonio goo.gl/maps/rVYWLJQ9YibpZ5ar8
Rovaniemi goo.gl/maps/owgqToTfRXyGVezWA
Helsinki goo.gl/maps/gjUCJCG95ddqxGAr8
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00:00 Exploring Lapland
00:47 Driving to Äkäslompolo
02:19 Winter Cabin Tour
04:25 Exploring Lapland Wilderness
06:16 Swiss Cafe
07:23 Lapland to Sweden
09:27 Aurora Borealis sighting
10:22 Äkäslompolo Town Walk
14:25 Driving to Rovaniemi
14:53 Arktikum
17:48 Santa Claus Village
19:40 Overnight Train to Helsinki
21:02 Day in Helsinki
#wintercabin #winterholidays #lapland
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I think you understand David Attenborough, and there is something beyond voice itself that is magical: Attenborough's inquisitiveness and yours, ... I haven't found a word for it, but I am going to find out. I am wondering, what if you use the same trick in a political debate? That's a crazy idea for sure.
Thank you. I have planning to go there with grandkids. Very useful info.
This was absolutely wonderful. I have to admit, I actually called out to my husband and teared up when you showed that you had seen the lights! And for some reason, sending a postcard stamped from the Artic circle is just magical. Merry Christmas and thank you for all the inspiring videos this year. They have really made me want to see more of the world.
I think also it is a rarety. I live in middle of Finland and here it may be seen couple of times in winter, but not as bright as in north. We have been in rental cabins north about 4 times now one week period a time and never seen Aurora borealis and the reason is cloudy or snowy weather, so if you head here to Lapland it is a rare to see it!
finland is a winter wonderland
Most people pick somewhere warm for a winter break, but by doing the opposite you clearly had a wonderful time and produced a great video, packed full of interest. Thank you, and have a great Christmas!
Oh we love a cold winter holiday with a fire and all that! It was amazing. Happy Christmas Jim 🎅
Beautiful scenery!
Thanks for this atmospheric video; the crunching snow, in the soft gray light, made me feel like I was walking beside you. SO happy you finally got the aurora borealis shots - beautiful! This feels like a Christmas gift from your channel - wishing a Happy Christmas to you both!
Glad you enjoyed it! Happy Christmas 🎅 🎄
wow!!!! Fairy-tale landscapes
What an excellent Promo Video for a Finnish Winter Holiday !
Wow just beautiful! Thank you for taking us along!
Our pleasure!
The aurora borealis AND reindeer. How fun! 😃❤️
You made me add another place to my bucket list!!!
Glad we did 😊
Wonderful winter wonderland experience. Many thanks and happy Christmas!
Happy Christmas 🎅
What a wonderful winter holiday. Thanks for sharing your adventure. Merry Christmas!
It was incredible 🎅 Happy Christmas Marsha 🎅🎄
What an enchanting & magical winter wonderland! Looks like you had a marvelous time. Thanks for letting us tag along😉
Oh we did, just incredible. Happy Christmas 🎅 🎄
This was fantastic!! Most enjoyable !!
Thank you 🎉
Glad you enjoyed it!
Really well done, and much of it beautiful. Just what I needed this morning. Thank you.
You are so welcome!
Magnificent job, guys. You showed us a true winter wonderland! The aurora borealis AND reindeer- fabulous.
Thank you very much!
Beautiful just beautiful. Thank you for taking time to share your trip.
Our pleasure!
Simon and Will, you are the best tour guides!
Ah thank you so kind! 😊
Really lovely! All the best for 2023 🇿🇦
Thank you and you!
Great video! Enjoyed Rovaniemi and much of Finland last summer! ❤
Great to hear!
This has just rearranged my bucket list. It's a beautiful video. Thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it! Well worth a trip 😊
Wonderful adventure!! A very Merry Christmas, Simon and Will, and a Joyous New Year full of fruitful wanderings! 🎄✨🙏🏼❤️❤️
Thank you and too you, have a wonderful time.
Very nice done and informative, interesting country.
That was stunning thank you..
Glad you enjoyed it
What a lovely country. Your film really gave a feel of a great atmosphere throughout your trip. Thoroughly enjoyed it, thank you!
Thank you very much!
Thank you so much, absolutely wonderful a bit too cold for me , but love every minute 🥰 Thank guys 🤗🤗😘😘
Glad you enjoyed it! It was a special place for us.
Lovely video thankyou. Most enjoyable.
Many thanks!
A great account and wonderful footage. Lapland is truly beautiful, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow 😮 Amazing trip. The beautiful snow on the trees and also seeing the Northern lights! I love the Santa Village, mailing yourself a card, very cool 😎
I love how the snow sits in the trees, it looks like you only ever see it in a Christmas movie. The card arrived yesterday just in time! 🎅 Happy Christmas 🎅
Great job chaps. Lovely film.
Thank you 😊
Your videos are as beautiful as an interesting book. You open the page and there is a new story, a new adventure, a new journey through beautiful places. Thank you 🌷🙏❤️.
Thank you! 😊 so kind 😊
How magical and breathtaking this was , such an amazing country finnland and lappland is !and you saw the northern lights ,so unbelivable beautiful ...thank you so much for making this video ,have a great ,halthy new year simon &will ,all the best to you both ,💖erika&uwe
Yes it was amazing to finally see the lights! Won’t forget it 😊
I Know I’m Going To Enjoy This Video, Beautiful In The Winter With All That Snow, Those Trees With Snow, Love It. Thanks ❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it
How very lovely 🎄🙏❤️Truly appreciate you bringing us the world that we would otherwise not be able to see many blessings and thank you merry Christmas to you and your families 🥂🍾🎄🙏
Happy holidays! 😊
Amazing Lapland!!!! So beautiful 👍cabin!!!! Congratulations 🎉👏👌!!!
Thank you so much!
Oh its just beautiful !
Merry Christmas to you both !!!
Happy holidays!
You have produced a lot of brilliant and informative videos, this has to be my favourite, the sights and sounds especially seeing the reindeer. The photographs of the aurora borealis just magical, thank you again for sharing your trip. Nice to hear Will too, Merry Christmas 🐨🦘🐨🦘😷🌞🎄
Thank you Jeanette, it was a wonderful trip just before Christmas. Have a wonderful Christmas and new year!
This is so awesome! Great memories from our own trip last month. I also really enjoyed putting our recap video together. Such good times
Nice to hear you have been and probably around the time we were there. Will have a look at the video!
DEN resa är fantastisk.J hope we trawel to LAPLAND.💚💜
Very special privilege to share for awhile your visit to such a magical place , many thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
This video was a real treat, thank you so much. Seeing the Northern lights was special, quite stunning! The day before we watching a UA-cam video from the Internantional Space Station which flew over the Arctic just as the lights were on display. Beautiful!
It was a very special moment to see the lights. Happy New Year.
Such a magical departure from your usual trips. Beautiful. Not really a fan of snow, lol, but it was pretty just watching it on the screen. That low light made everything look so ethereal. Glad you saw the aurora.
Wow, that was fantastic. Think that has to be my fave so far. What a beautiful Country. Thank you so much for sharing. Please take carw
Glad you enjoyed it, we had an amazing time, so beautiful and friendly.
How excellent, I adore what seems a laid back commentary as you voice carrys me towards and appreciate s your experiences. Sooner you than me on the cold water though.
Once again thank you for the journey along with all the other watchers and all I can say is thank you.
Thank you for the lovely comment. So glad you enjoyed watching. It was a fantastic trip.
Thank you for this lovely look at Lapland❤️❤️🎄
Our pleasure! Happy Christmas
Our pleasure! Happy Christmas
Thankyou for sharing this , absolutely lovely cabins look very cosy, the lovely colours of the sky , hope both of you had a lovely time, merry Christmas to you both
It was amazing! Happy Christmas 🎅
Hello. My husband and I love watching your videos! It's like having our own private tour guide! Wishing you a happy healthy prosperous with lots of travel New Year!!!
Thank you so much so nice to read! Happy New Year! 😊
What a wonderful film ! Wife & i love your gentle narration Simon & that you don't appear in all the shots but do pop up at times. Nice to see Will again - it's been a while. The quality, composition & music, all top notch. Really inspiring, relaxing, informative & enjoyable. A very Merry Christmas to you both & a happy, healthy, sane 2023. We eagerly anticipate more great films next year.
David thank you much for the kind words. Have a wonderful Christmas and best wishes for the new year ahead. 🎅🎄
This video was delightful! It makes me want to visit!
I hope you do, it’s wonderful!
I think my adjective for all your videos when I watch them is going to be "enchanting!" This was a perfect video for the winter solstice and Christmas.
😊 thank you so much, Happy Christmas 🎅
This was absolutely amazing! How lucky you gents are. Thank you for showing us these beautiful places 🥰
Yes it was a incredible trip. Happy Christmas 🎅
@@MemorySeekers Merry Christmas 🥂
That was such a lovely trip! Thank you for taking us along 😊❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@MemorySeekers Absolutely 💯
Amazing as always my friend, thanx for sharing and great from Sweden 🇸🇪
Many thanks!
This was a treat to watch, exceptional quality and beautiful editing. Cheers!
Thank you very much!
Thank you sir! I watched every minute of the video. You did a very nice cut and excellent commentary.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a wonderful video guys! I enjoyed every minute of it. You seem to get the flavor of a place in such a short time and I love the way you explore the facets of the region. Glad you got to see the borealis this time. As as ex-Alaskan, I have seen it many times, but it is always a kick when you do. All the best for the New Year and I look forward to your travels in 2023.
Thanks for the lovely comment. It really was a kick as you say. Happy Christmas thanks for watching.
It looks so pretty with the snow but when I heard the crunching as you walked I knew how cold that was! My bones can't go there anymore so I appreciate you taking me along on your adventures! May you both have a wonderful holiday season and I look forward to your next video. Greetings from Florida USA ❤️
They were having a bit of a cold snap whilst we were there. -30 rather than about -10 it normally is. It was 🥶 at times! Thanks for watching. 🎄
That tiny round building!💗💗💗 So lucky to see the northern lights.
It was so cute, I think they have a name for them but I don’t know what it is?
@@MemorySeekers are you talking about "kota"?
Спасибо за очищение души и тела!!!Спасибо за работу!!!Пусть эта музыка поможет каждому стать здоровее и добрее!
Спасибо за просмотр. Так рад, что вам понравилось.
I am happy to experience this vicariously through your video. It's beautiful and much too cold for me.
😊 well we are glad to be able to share it with you.🎅
Спасибо. ❄️❄️❄️🎄🎄🎄
Wow this is amazing
☺
A perfect place for Christmas 🎄celebrations ... Lapland is so famous & lovely video... wishing u both "MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅🎄"
It was wonderful, Happy Christmas 🎅
What an absolutely stunning video - great to see other places in Finland other than the usual touristy spots. I’ve wanted to see the Northern Lights my whole life - hoping to go to Lapland and see them one day ❤
So glad you enjoyed watching more than just rovaniemi, i think we still only scratched the surface of this beautiful country.
@@MemorySeekers hi
Have Christmas time the way you like it guys. Greetings from Poland.
Happy holidays!
What a beautiful video!
Thank you! Greetings from Pisa Italy!
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!❄️☃️❄️🎄❄️💖🥰🎄
Thank you! You too!
Merry Christmas to you both. Beautiful places again! So very lovely!
Happy Christmas 🎄
Happy Christmas 🎄
So stelle ich mir Weihnachten 🎄vor, mit viel Schnee, und einer sehr romantischen Unterkunft 🙏in einer unglaublich schönen Landschaft. Danke fürˋs mitnehmen und allen schönes Weihnachtsfest 🙏🎄🙋♀️🇩🇪
Es war wirklich ein wunderbarer Ort. Frohe Weihnachten
Wow guys! Thank you so much for another amazing video. What a nice trip!! I'm adding this place to my "Places to visit list" thanks to you. Merry Christmas from Argentina!
Merry Christmas Ruth! 🎅🎄😊
환상적인 핀란드
신세계의 아름다움을
직접 느끼는듯ᆢ 미소짓게 됩니다
감사합니다
Very good. An interesting country. Clean. I bet the food is fresh.
The food was very good, if a little expensive!
Hey guys! If I look out of my window right now this is exactly what my part of the world looks like 4-5mths out of the year. But yes, it can be very beautiful, even more so when snuggled up inside for the evening. -33C here in Manitoba Canada. So nice to see comments from people around the world. Thank you Simon and Will for the gift of your wonderful videos all year round. Merry Christmas to everyone and all the best in 2023. ❤️👼🏻☃️❄️🎄🎁🌟🍺🍻🥂🍾🥳
Keep warm the weather has been very bad in US and Canada this last week. Happy New Year! 😊
Another place I hardly knew a thing about but so enjoyed seeing this winter wonderland with it's beautiful landscape, fascinating museums and delicious looking food and of course the aurora bolis was the amazing icing on the cake! Thanks for taking us along! Cheers!
Thanks Nancy glad we have been able to share a new part of the world with you. It was our first time and we loved our time there.
@@MemorySeekers
How much you paid for cofee and cake?
@@dropin409 from memory just under 10 euro for all.
Very, very, Good job!! I enjoyed this immensely, and I would like to go there one day!!
Thank you very much! Hope you make it happen 🤞 😊
One word ~ Awesome!! 👌
Thanks! 😄
Wonderful video!
Thank you very much!
Beautiful, fun and informative. Thank you. I Iove watching great videos of places that unfortunately, I will never get to in person. I have always been obsessed with the Arctic region. I see you have one on Scotland. Can't wait to check that out as well. Happy New Year
Thank you for the lovely comment, so glad you enjoyed it. Yes we have quite a few on the Scottish Highlands to watch! Enjoy!
Your videos are really professionally done.
Good job.
Thank you very much!
I enjoyed the scenery and narration.
Thank you
Thanks for the info and Vdo..
My pleasure
Hello from India, Thank you for sharing such beauty, Happy New Year.
Happy new year!
So glad you got to see the aurora borealis this time! The food looked beautiful, the reindeer too. But boy that's rough with so little sunlight
Yes the food was lovely and just everything was pretty perfect. The short days so take some getting used too! Happy Christmas 🎅
Cold but magical, the aurora borealis being the icing on the cake. What an amazing country but couldn't imagine living in the cold and short days. Thank you so much for the trips I have enjoyed with you both over the year. Have a fun Christmas and New Year. =-)
I agree it was fine for a few days but would not like such short days all the time and snow for 6 months. The novelty would soon wear off! Happy Christmas 🎅
@@MemorySeekers Your video is informative and well done. Stands out from the videos of many tourists. The dark time in Lapland lasts a few weeks at most, and in southern Finland only days. There is snow in Lapland for 4-6 months and in March-April the sun shines full of the sky. Winter is a great time. Finnish summers are warm and the sun shines 24 hours a day in midsummer.
Thank you for all the info great to find out more!
@@MemorySeekers I hope your Christmas is fun and 2023 is a good year for you too. =-)
Thank you for the well made informative video. I'm glad enjoyed my country and put a lot of effort into background research. Welcome back anytime! You should check out Inari area around fall! Its another kind of magical.
Thank you for the idea we will be back! 😊
Absolutely ❄️🎄 this is winter wonderland 🎅💛💖✨ very nice vid 💕hve a happy X-mas 🎄 nd prosperous new year 💕
And to you Sahab 🎄🎅
Beautiful ❤
Thank you! 😊
Amazing video 👏👏😍
Thank you 🤗
big like 👍 wonderful place
Thank you very much!
@@MemorySeekers have a nice day 👍
Wow how lovely taht you got to see the aurora ! What a lovely spot you had this year although I think the Canadian cabin looked prettier lol. Hard to imagine that a year has already gone past since then. Thanks as always for a great video, nice to hear from the " silent" partner 🤣🤣 as well 💖 have a great Christmas and safe New Year both of you. Looking forward to wherever you take us next. So lovely to sit here in a Victorian ( Australia) summer watching snow. 🙂🎅🎄🎁
I agree our Yukon cabin will be hard to top ever I think. Still this one was beautiful and cosy. Have a wonderful Christmas and enjoy the sun! 🎅
Brilliant 👏
Thank you
Amazing video 🙏
Thank you!
I am there only for Christmas..... enjoyed aurora light and snow ❄️
Happy holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Happy holidays!
Природа там радует больше всего.
Great to see my childhood Lapland through visitors eyes, thanks! The British visitors typically visit Lapland around Christmas, while Finns like to travel to north later in spring, often around Eastern. There are much more day light available then, it's less cold usually and still plenty of snow left around March-April.
Thank you for sharing we would like to come back around the times you mention and maybe even try a summer trip. So beautiful as you head north.
Yeah, there's actually a lot more snow in March-April. Snow accumulates whole winter and peaks at around April in Lapland and a bit earlier around March elsewhere.
You should come in summer too. It is totally different then.For ex.wildlife , fishing etc.But i like specially your onest way of filming and the way telling stories like it is.Take care and thanks all ...
Yes we would love to try a summer trip sometime. Thanks for watching.
My husband and I have been to Finland. Thank you for taking us down memory lane. Unfortunately, we didn't make it to Lapland. Enjoyed visiting it through your eyes. Great videos!
It was just beautiful and well worth a visit. Happy Christmas 🎅
Thank you! To you as well. I love watching your videos. My husband's sister lives in Somerset, so your videos help us plan our next visit to the UK.
Haya. What a way to spend my Christmas morning with you both, this was enchanting. The Aurora borealis was stunning. . . WOW, I too want to scratch that off my bucket list, I got quite emotional when I saw it, especially after it took you both a while to get to see it 😀The Reindeer were lovely, so graceful in 'their' home 😀Lovely to send out a postcard😀 The scenery, the crunching of the snow, the sights, were all wonderous, I felt like I could have actually been there, magical 😀Wishing you both the most wonderful Christmas. Thanku for absolutely everything 🎅🎄🦌❄☃🎁
Glad you enjoyed joining us on the trip. Happy Holidays 😊👍
Beautiful Lapland 👌👌
Thanks for watching