The Old Man and Sis outside SantaPark
A Trip to Rovaniemi and the Arctic Circle, Lapland, Finland - 28th November 1999
Nosher and Sis fly over to Helsinki with the Old Man, who's heading back to work teaching radar to air traffic controllers at Vantaa airport. Sis ends up moving seats half way through the flight as apparently she wasn't appreciating the ongoing discussions about various plane-crash disasters. Once there, we all head up to Rovaniemi, on the Arctic Circle in Lapland, and visit Santa Park - built into a former nuclear bunker and home of the actual real Santa Clause - and the Arktikum museum of Rovaniemi.
next album: A Day Trip to Tallinn, Estonia - 2nd December 1999
previous album: "Dave's" CISU Fancy Dress Party, Finbar's Walk, Ipswich - 15th September 1999
Mad Christmas stuff in Napapiiri
Crazy frogs
A blurry Nosher
An installation of bearded elves
People mill around inside Santa Park
Sis and the Old Man do a ghost-train ride
A reindeer carousel
Gnomish Elves do their thing
A display of traditional Sami dress
SantaPark
The light through the top of a Sami tent
A Sami tent
A reindeer paddock
A reindeer nibbles at something
Dad interacts with a reindeer
An Albino reindeer
Lappish reindeer
A reindeer with massive antlers
The Old Man points at a reindeer
Sis on the one-time Arctic Circle
Sis stands behind a stone globe
Nosher on the arctic circle
Sis and the Old Man
Nosher and the Old Man
Information about the Arctic circle
Sis sits by the 'where in the world' signs
People roam around in the Arktikum
Inside the Arktikum
Sis in a stone circle near the Arktikum
Sis again
Pebble circle
A Finnish lake scene
Lapland scene
A Finnish lake
Nosher roams around with a camera
The bridge in Rovaniemi
The bridge at Rovaniemi at night
Leaping reindeer outside Helsinki Airport
Leaping reindeer
Leaping reindeer and Finnish road signs
Helsinki Cathedral in Senate Square
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The Old Man and Sis outside SantaPark
The Old Man and Sis outside SantaPark
Mad Christmas stuff in Napapiiri
Crazy frogs
A blurry Nosher
An installation of bearded elves
People mill around inside Santa Park
Sis and the Old Man do a ghost-train ride
A reindeer carousel
Gnomish Elves do their thing
A display of traditional Sami dress
SantaPark
The light through the top of a Sami tent
A Sami tent
A reindeer paddock
A reindeer nibbles at something
Dad interacts with a reindeer
An Albino reindeer
Lappish reindeer
A reindeer with massive antlers
The Old Man points at a reindeer
Sis on the one-time Arctic Circle
Sis stands behind a stone globe
Nosher on the arctic circle
Sis and the Old Man
Nosher and the Old Man
Information about the Arctic circle
Sis sits by the 'where in the world' signs
People roam around in the Arktikum
Inside the Arktikum
Sis in a stone circle near the Arktikum
Sis again
Pebble circle
A Finnish lake scene
Lapland scene
A Finnish lake
Nosher roams around with a camera
The bridge in Rovaniemi
The bridge at Rovaniemi at night
Leaping reindeer outside Helsinki Airport
Leaping reindeer
Leaping reindeer and Finnish road signs
Helsinki Cathedral in Senate Square