A new wave of positive-impact experiences in northern Finland is finally allowing the Sámi to benefit from the tourism boom.

Just ask drivers from Finland, who have a serious problem with reindeer. So... how could we make these accidents more avoidable? The Finnish Reindeer Herder's Association thinks it has found the ...

A reindeer in Arctic Finland. In normal winters, reindeer dig beneath the snow with their hooves to reach their food,the lichen below. (Eilis Quinn/Eye on the Arctic) The Sámi Parliament in ...

Reindeer, huskies, and the northern lights—it’s all here, at Reindeer Manor. Sprawled out on a 19th-century farm outside of Levi, Finland (one of the country's most popular ski resorts), Reindeer ...

03/15/2025 March 15, 2025 What's life like for young people living in Lapland, Finland's northernmost region? Niko Tervo, a reindeer herder, gives us a peek at his daily routine.

Ingá-Máret Gaup-Juuso lives in a Finnish village near the Norwegian border, among the reindeer herding communities of Sweden and Norway. She’s a Sami – the largest indigenous group of people ...

In October 2024, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UNCESCR) issued a landmark decision ...

(Artist: Sunna Kitti/Courtesy Sami Parliament in Finland) Jussa Seurujarvi, a reindeer herder from Partakko, a village in Arctic Finland, says he’s lucky his community is off the tourism radar ...

In this setting they look entirely natural, a Finnish version of mule deer or elk. And yet these are semidomesticated reindeer, sources of meat and pelts that wear ear tags and collars ...