Travel

polar tourism

New luxury ships offer choppers and subs, but the most popular Arctic destination won't allow it

Northern traveling

Lappish tourism industry expecting an upsurge in travel after restrictions eased

LNG-powered

First hybrid-electric luxury cruise ship reached North Pole

Planned since 2007

Hurtigruten launches White Sea expeditions

250 km/h

Swedish government greenlights higher-speed railway line all north to Luleå

Cross-border traveling

Kilometre-long queues as people rush to cross reopened Nordic border

Kilpisjärvi

No Arctic Railway, you said? Let's make our own

Russia allows tourists with hotel bookings to stay up to 6 months

ran out of customers

Lapland, Finland ski season ends, but not for lack of snow

Amid pandemic, Murmansk gets new flights throughout Russia

Solovki reopens for tourists and pilgrims a year after closing

Finland-Sweden train travel moves a step closer

from pollution to solution

Cold weather perfect to pioneer electric aviation says Finnair and signs intention to purchase 20 battery planes

Widerøe aims to launch all-electric flights by 2026

Safer, faster driving

Largest road project in northern Norway gets green light

Destination North

Air traveling plummets, but Norway still invests billions in new northern airports

Kremlin takes look at grand Arctic tourism project on border to Norway

Authorities in northern Finland concerned COVID-19 might spread during winter break

Arctic tourism

Moscow wants more tourists to northernmost archipelago

Wizz Air opens routes to Alta and Kirkenes with tickets from €10

Amid pandemic, Finnair pioneers VR flights to Rovaniemi

Lapland tourism to lose over 60% of winter business says Finnish survey

Murmansk sees growth in domestic tourists amid crisis for international travel

Double-decker train starts operations to Murmansk

Wizz Air starts domestic routes in Norway with flights to Tromsø for €18

Lonely Planet ranks Rovaniemi as Europe’s No. 1 winter destination

With snow from last winter, Lapland sees record early ski season-opening

Yacht club, comfy hotels and glamping. This is Nornickel's planned tourism hub on Barents Sea coast

Wealthy tourists might soon be able to discover Norway’s Arctic coast from this submarine

The north Norwegian summer that was saved by Finnish tourists

Regional airline Widerøe cuts flights in northern Norway

Nornickel debuts in tourism, starts king crab safari in border area to Norway

Norway bans all cruise ships with 100+ on board, but Ponant is still selling tickets for next week's luxury Svalbard voyage

Hurtigruten cancels Svalbard cruise as 35 crew members are diagnosed with COVID-19

Moscow aims at post-COVID 200% boost in Arctic tourism

Norwegian resumes flights to nine destinations in northern Scandinavia

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