Lapland has been a snowy landscape for a long hard 200 days as the locals and holidaymakers have enjoyed lots of winter sports and had a very snowy Christmas. The skiing is still going on because the snow will last on the ski slopes for the longest and in areas where there is a large collection of snow but down in the village the snow is beginning to show signs of giving in and it will not be long before Lapland will give way to the spring and the beautiful colours of autumn will show.
Lapland has seen warmer temperatures earlier this month and much the same as other countries, the weather can change and arrive earlier than expected. The locals in Lapland look forward to the summer as much as the winter where it is a chance to recharge their batteries and enjoy some real me time. Most of what goes on in Lapland is tourism based and they rely heavily on tourism as a form of income and although there are levels of tourism in the summer, the winter of course sees the main influx.
Many locals will switch to summer activities and offer bike riding, canoeing and white water rafting but what happens to the Reindeer. The Reindeer are more plentiful in Lapland during the summer, well at least it seems so. The Reindeer will move around more in the summer months as they move wherever the food is and you will see more of them by the roadsides and across the fields in the summer months. The winter will see the Reindeer rounded up and kept closer to where the food is more plentiful.