Christmas in Lapland, Finland with kids in -25º ❄️! Is it worth it?

[@FamilyTripping]

Ahh this is bringing back lovely memories of our Lapland trip. Nice videos - Subscribed

[@thewaaijers]

thanks for the subscribe!

[@samhartford8677]

You were so brave in your activities. The trick is always to spend so much time outside in the cold and then to be so happy to come inside, cook, heat and go to sauna. And a remote location like that is always relaxed enough to do things at one's own time.

[@thewaaijers]

Absolutely - Lapland is one of the best places to experience what you described. Are you from Finland?

[@samhartford8677]

@@thewaaijers Yeps. Glad that you liked Finland.

[@itsgoodiewoodie]

Beautiful family. Amazing nature. Well done, liked your video a lot!

[@thewaaijers]

Thank you!

[@Deltroyer1963]

13:15 Did you know, that there is a 1,5 km long sledding hill from top of Kaunispää fell (where that restaurant 14:00 was) down to the Saariselkä village! And it's free too! :) Been there many times and have a good food there first and then sledding down to the village. But then there wasn't that cold...🥶

[@NyaCroft]

Fantastic vid mate. What is it like driving over there? We will be staying in Luosto but driving to Rovaniemi, I have never driven on the right side b4, it will also be dark, slippery and I will have no clue where I am going…. Apart from that I should be fine! 😂

[@thewaaijers]

Hi thank you! Actually driving is easy there and the roads are not slippery. The scenery is absolutely beautiful. Just be mindful about the small window of daylight and then you carefully plan your activities within that window! Have fun!

[@EfiD-d1y]

did u see the northern lights?

[@thewaaijers]

oh yes! Check around the 3:10 mark in the video

[@curlyfurpuppyltd8817]

So this is the hometown of Santa Claus.

[@thewaaijers]

yep it is! If you have kids, definitely try to go once!!

[@anandhiramasubramanian3989]

Are hand and feet warmers mandatory for February travel? If yes, where do we buy them?

[@thewaaijers]

Hi - yes I would definitely say it’s mandatory. In Feb it will be very cold. It depends a bit where you live but we ordered it on Amazon

[@scanpolar]

And there is nothing to do when the sun is not up ? Very strange for a Finnish ? One BBC interviewer asked once the Lapp , what are you doing during the midsummer time ? He said : we are fishing and making love . Then ha asked again .....? And in winter time . The Lapp answered ... not fishing .

[@wäiskii]

you can do the same things when it's dark as what you'd do when the sun is up

[@jari-pekkajaatelokioskit8867]

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