Travelapland has now been taken over by two English people who have moved to Jokkmokk Kommun. They will be offering some great trips for people who want to explore Swedish Lapland and will help you all they can to make your trip one of the best in...
It’s 10.30pm and Patricia Cowern has just put the telephone down. One of her neighbours has called to tell her there is an incredible northern light. ‘I ask everyone to call me if they see some colour in the sky, I don’t care what the time...
The view from the edge of the lake is amazing. Just pure white snow leading up to the forest edge and then thousands of trees, snow and ice clinging onto the branches dragging each one down towards the forest floor. This will be our home for the...
If you’re looking into moving to Northern Sweden or are about to do so, you may well be considering starting your own business. Many people take the opportunity of a new life overseas to begin their own business or start up company. Starting a new...
When Germans Jasmin and Volker Husman camped in Skabram Holiday Village, in -30c during the winter market in 2005, they told the campsite owner about their dream to live and work above the arctic circle in Lapland. Three weeks later, he e-mailed...
Dutchman Hanz Waard does not feel like a foreigner, he has lived for a long time in Jokkmokk and even if he tried to return to Holland, he says he knows deep down that he would end up back in Jokkmokk anyway. He has run Skabram holiday village for...
Ban smiles at me as he lights another cigarette. This is his seventh summer in Sweden’s Lapland and he is here despite the Swedish Embassy in Thailand making it much harder to get hold of a VISA this year. Only Thais’ with close family living...
Why Emigrate to Sweden? We’ve been visiting Lapland in the summertime for 20 years. The first Christmas here was a bit of a shock as it was -36c for three days! How do your two homes compare? We lived in a...
I had always admired the market traders in my home town. Getting up at 4.30am in the morning, driving for a considerable number of miles, setting up camp and laying out their wares with the small early reward of a cup of tea before the rush at...
My heart is pounding, I have been ‘moosed’ again. Living in a village in the north of Sweden involves driving for pretty much everything. It’s a 40km round trip for a motor magazine and fresh bread, 130km for a pair of shoes, and a 300km day...