Icehotel Celebrates 30 Years – New Art Finally Revealed
Icehotel Celebrates 30 Years this season! Icehotel is Celebrating 30 Years so why not join them? You can slumber at the theatre in the art suite “A Night at the Theatre”, or to get warm and toasty in the roughly knitted and woolly universe in the art suite “Warm up”. Why not marry your loved […]
The Sami People
The Sami people are the indigenous people of Northern Parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. In Dumpokjauratj, around 20kms from Arjeplog, Sweden, you will find the oldest known settlement – nearly 10,000 years old. The Sami people have followed the reindeer to different seasonal grazing areas for thousands of years. The land they inhabited, […]
The Polar Lights
Make 2020 the year that you discover the world and take a trip to one, or more of our fantastic Arctic destinations where, if you’re lucky enough – you may even experience the phenomenon of the polar lights – this amazing Northern Lights experience only happens near the poles of the Earth. This is why […]
Top five things to do in Helsinki
If you’re going to Northern Finland and have to go via Helsinki, then we absolutely recommend extending your trip a couple of days and taking one or two nights in the center of this beautiful city – you can thank us later for the tip! Top five things to do in Helsinki (in no particular […]
Why book through a travel agent?
Why book through a travel agent? or what ‘ATOL and ABTA’ really means (and why you need them) With the recent demise of Thomas Cook, you’ve probably heard a lot about ATOL and ABTA protection on the news. They are both important, but what does ATOL and ABTA actually mean and why do you need […]
FCO Travel Advice Update: Norway
The FCO have updated the travel advice: Norway The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has updated the travel advice for Norway with updates to the Summary, Terrorism and Entry Requirements section. Summary and Terrorism – updated factual information on an arrest on 10 August 2019; Entry Requirements (Visas) – addition of link to Norwegian Directorate […]
30th ICEHOTEL released
Arctic Direct are delighted to announce the first sketches for ICEHOTEL #30 – The 30th Year of Ice Hotel – have now been released. Will you sleep on the top of an Iceberg, spend a night at the theatre – or wake up in white Santorini. Creativity will shine through brightly when the world’s first […]
Mindfulness, Meditation and Huskies
An unusual way to unwind… What are the first things that come to mind when you hear the word ‘mindfulness’? Meditation? Yoga? Chanting? I’ll take a guess that whatever you’re thinking of right now probably doesn’t include huskies! Well, thanks to our good friends in Kiruna, Northern Sweden you can now beat stress Swedish-style, with […]
Abisko Northern Lights
Abisko has been called one of the best places in the World to see the Northern Lights. As the aurora is on the bucket list of so many people and if the conditions are right, there are lots of great locations across all of these countries where you can see them. We’re often asked about […]
BREAKING NEWS: The Northern Lights Are Back for 2019
The first Northern Lights of the 2019 / 2020 season were seen last night over the skies of Sweden. The pictures below, taken last night at our Northern Lights Guesthouse are one of the first displays to be captured on camera. “We’re absolutely delighted to see the first Northern Lights Show show of the 2019 […]