Tag: Santa Claus

  • Savoy JAZZFest 2024 featuring Grammy nominee Gretchen Parlato and jazz legend Kenny Garrett

    Savoy JAZZFest 2024 featuring Grammy nominee Gretchen Parlato and jazz legend Kenny Garrett

    The festival opens on Wednesday, March 6 with a production by saxophonist Nordic Stew Timo Lassy and a trumpet player Jukka Eskola. They will be joined at the album release concert at the Savoy Theater by a host of top musicians from New Orleans' vibrant jazz scene, including a pianist. David Torkanowskybassist Roland Guerindrummer Jason…

  • YLE: Flights to Lapland are a major source of emissions

    YLE: Flights to Lapland are a major source of emissions

    YLE on Monday reported that flying tourists to the north produces approximately 500,000–700,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, based on the information provided by Finavia. According to the calculations of the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom), the share of flights in all air travel emissions in Finland is approximately 9–13 percent. The experts…

  • Late for the Queen's parade: new American fan of Queen Margrethe

    Growing up in America, I didn't have to think about whether a monarchy was an ethical way to spend a country's GDP. I never really considered whether the public morale boost and tourism impact was worth maintaining a tax-funded but undemocratic hereditary seat of wealth and power. Blindly giving the elite such an advantage would…

  • Tuomaa tori attracts almost 350,000 visitors, sells more than 35,000 porridges

    Tuomaa tori attracts almost 350,000 visitors, sells more than 35,000 porridges

    The daily number of visitors often reached tens of thousands, and on Saturday 2 December there was a record number of 37,000 visitors. Visitors enjoy offers from almost 100 small producers and more than 20 gourmet sellers as well as café and restaurant operators. Thousands of durable goodies and gift items were sold, and the…

  • See: Santa Claus leaves Lapland

    See: Santa Claus leaves Lapland

    Santa Claus lives in his workshop near Korvatunturi in the Lapintunturi in Northern Finland, although he is not on his annual trips around the world.

  • Helsinki's Tuomaa Markkinat attracts almost 135,000 visitors during the first week

    Helsinki's Tuomaa Markkinat attracts almost 135,000 visitors during the first week

    One of the highlights of the market is the culinary offering, where fortified mulled wine (mulled wine) and Christmas porridge have become popular choices among customers. In addition, the British Army Band Sandhurst is set to perform traditional Christmas carols on December 10, adding to the market's already lively atmosphere. On Independence Day, the market…

  • Helsinki’s Tuomaan Market opens on Friday with festive attractions

    Helsinki’s Tuomaan Market opens on Friday with festive attractions

    Emphasizing sustainability and an alternative to mass-produced gift and decorative products, Tuomaan Market presents a considerable number of artisans and small producers from all over Finland. The market is not only a place for shopping, but also a center for festive activities and culinary delights. The central areas of the market, the Licensed Restaurant Yard…

  • Turku’s Kauppatori is welcomed by a design Christmas sauna

    Turku’s Kauppatori is welcomed by a design Christmas sauna

    The sauna designed by Space of Mind in collaboration with Studio Puisto Arkkitehtoimisto and Protos Demos is a proof of fine design and craftsmanship, which is made by hand in Haliko from untreated solid wood. It offers three finish options: larch, galvanized steel and tar felt, all sourced from local producers. Aleksi KoskelinThe managing director…

  • Helsingin Tuomaa Markkinat: Festival market for handicrafts and delicacies

    Helsingin Tuomaa Markkinat: Festival market for handicrafts and delicacies

    This year’s selection includes both new and familiar faces, offering a selection of products for the festive table and gift giving. The products include Finnish fish and meat delicacies, pastries, mushroom salads, jams, mustards, handmade sweets, jewelry, natural cosmetics, warm woolen socks, and design and decoration products inspired by old Finnish travel posters. The heart…

  • The real-life Santa Claus goes on a Christmas trip

    Yle has broadcast Santa’s departure from Korvatunturi since the 1960s.

  • Christiano!  Find your own party day!

    Christiano! Find your own party day!

    The supermarkets got an early Christmas by combining the festive period with the World Cup in football in 2022 – and taking advantage of the happy luck that Denmark’s main colors are the ones that Santa Claus himself wears the most. Supermarkets in Cameroon blame Coca-Cola for missing out on that bonanza. And it helped…

  • Events in late November-early December: Shows, markets and quizzes galore!

    Events in late November-early December: Shows, markets and quizzes galore!

    Crazy Christmas Cabaret: ‘Don Calzone’ongoing, ends Jan 14; The glass hall at Tivoli; from DKK 360, teaterbillette.dk; 135 minThis Crazy Christmas Edition will take us away from the dreary Danish winter to sunny 1980s Miami Beach, where the Calzone family is in crisis again! Most of the team returns from last year, so expect show…

  • Airlines will survive the recovery of tourism after the pandemic

    Airlines will survive the recovery of tourism after the pandemic

    Traveling within the country Traveling in Finland during the pandemic has been interesting. The country has been praised for managing the pandemic, so travel within the country has remained relatively unchanged. I recently took a trip from Helsinki to Lapland, and while there were some changes in airport procedures, overall it was a seamless experience.…

  • Parliament closes 14-hour NATO mission debate

    Parliament closes 14-hour NATO mission debate

    While lawmakers across party lines paid close attention to their grandparents ’war experiences and strongly condemned the Russian war, many also recalled that it was finally time to begin rebuilding cultural and economic ties with Russia. “We are not building an iron curtain on the Finnish-Russian border, on the contrary,” he said Ben Zyskowicz (NCP).…

  • Adjudication of the Santa Claus contest

    Adjudication of the Santa Claus contest

    The competition for the portrait of Santa Claus has been resolved. All the submitted works are fantastic, but you had to choose something. The deliberations lasted three days, and below we present the results, i.e. the list of winners: Castiel, 10 years old – a beautifully made, very time-consuming work of Ania Rebekah, 7 years…

  • Christmas in Denmark: The inn’s audience

    Christmas in Denmark: The inn’s audience

    Christmas in Denmark begins on the first Sunday in Advent. No, scratch it… Christmas in Denmark begins on J-Day, the launch of Tuborg’s Christmas beer in early November. No scratch that… Christmas in Denmark begins with the Santa Claus conference in Bakken… in July. Wait a minute! The Danish words for July and Christmas are…

  • Finland is waiting for White Christmas nationwide

    Finland is waiting for White Christmas nationwide

    According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute’s forecast, Finland will wake up in the morning on Christmas Eve in the winter wonderland. The day before, on 23 December, a low-pressure system was sweeping across the country, causing even snow cover to come to southern Finland. However, the amount of snow varies from more than thirty cents…

  • See: Santa Claus and his reindeer set off from snowy Lapland

    Exclusive footage recorded by Yle once again revealed that the bearded, red-dressed Santa Claus was about to share joy and gifts around the world on Wednesday, a couple of days before Christmas Eve. According to sources familiar to the iconic character’s workshop, Santa is leaving well in advance of the schedule to make sure he…

  • Finnish Christmas traditions explained

    Finnish Christmas traditions explained

    At Christmas, it’s all about the festive traditions, decorating the tree to make a big meal and waiting for Santa Claus. But genuine and unique Finnish Christmas also has its own signs and traditions that give the celebration its own unique color. "While the origins of tradition can be traced elsewhere, the way we adapt…

  • The Lapland authorities are looking for housing for quarantined tourists

    The Lapland authorities are looking for housing for quarantined tourists

    The municipalities of Lapland are looking for accommodation for foreign tourists who may be quarantined after a corona-positive test. The area is especially congested at this time of year due to international visitors who want to spend Christmas in Finland. To date, a total of 50 foreign tourists have been quarantined since receiving the virus.…

  • “Portrait of Mikołaj” art competition

    “Portrait of Mikołaj” art competition

    We invite young and old children to participate in an art competition entitled: “Portrait of Santa”. Both children and adults can take part in the competition. Each participant has to make a portrait of Santa Claus by himself using any technique. A photo or scan of the finished work along with the completed consent to…

  • Events in December: Christmas is responsible, but plenty of room for other biscuits

    Events in December: Christmas is responsible, but plenty of room for other biscuits

    anglican christmas December 24, 12.00 and 23.30, December 25, 10.30; St Albans Church, Churchillparken 11, Cph K; st-albans.dk You can join St Albans Church to celebrate Christmas Eve with its children’s song and birthday bell at 12.00 or the midnight mass on Christmas Eve at 23.30. On the 25th, they celebrate with a Christmas day…

  • Brian Pilkington brings the characters of Christmas to life

    Brian Pilkington brings the characters of Christmas to life

    When you ask your child what Icelandic Santa Clauses look like, you can expect them to show you an old Icelandic book – something as old and ancient as the Christmas tale itself. The disturbing brothers are rooted in Icelandic history, but they have a younger guardian: Brian Pilkington, a Briton from Liverpool. It is…

  • Hell or Hallelujah?  Do not let the corona kiss goodbye to another Christmas!

    Hell or Hallelujah? Do not let the corona kiss goodbye to another Christmas!

    Last year, many of the traditional Christmas markets in Copenhagen were canceled. Theater performances and concerts of ‘Trade Messiah’ were also impossible. A corona lockdown from December 9 made it impossible to go out for a drink or a meal, and it was rarer to see Santa Claus than moments of sunshine. It was as…

  • Among these festive markets, there could be the gem that makes this a completely classic Christmas

    Among these festive markets, there could be the gem that makes this a completely classic Christmas

    We can not vouch for all these Christmas markets. Some of them are screaming and cross-border vulgar, selling last year’s almonds and mulled wine stuffed at the pet store. But among this line-up could be the market where you buy one of your best Christmas gifts ever! Could be the next Fabergé You know the…

  • Early Travel: The whole tooth and nothing but …

    Early Travel: The whole tooth and nothing but …

    When I look down at our young son’s smooth gums, I feel sorry for the fool for the pain he’s getting. Not bite of eruption of teeth or stinging of wobbly, but the pain of realizing once he has got his ‘permanent’ set that he too will lose some of them and only death will…

  • Knutzon manages to excite all ages

    Knutzon manages to excite all ages

    The series, which aired for the first time in 2010, has been sold to more than 70 countries. In 2022, a new season follows. The first episode will be broadcast in February, and Lars Knutzon, who turns 80 on October 1, is on the cast. On the whole, he is a favorite actor in DR’s…

  • Update: No changes to the border limits as the Covid pass passes to Parliament

    Update: No changes to the border limits as the Covid pass passes to Parliament

    The Finnish government has submitted a proposal to Parliament to amend the Communicable Diseases Act to allow home use of the EU’s digital coronavirus certificate. The STT news agency reports that the government has approved the long-awaited home use of the coronavirus passport. According to Yle sources, private companies may require a valid coronavirus card…

  • He lost his sight – but not his humor

    He lost his sight – but not his humor

    In recent years, the popular humorist has been visually impaired due to an eye disease. However, it has not taken the courage from him. – The fussy self-pity is the way directly to depression, he stated a few years ago in a podcast from the Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, where the newly…

  • Declining corona crisis provides tight finance law

    Declining corona crisis provides tight finance law

    – It sounds very violent, but it is against the background of a very violent expansive fiscal policy last year. – You actually go back a bit to the fiscal policy you would have made in the absence of corona. – If you look at it in relation to the Finance Act for 2020, then…

  • Eurovision winner Lordi gets a Covid head at a pop-up vaccination event

    Eurovision winner Lordi gets a Covid head at a pop-up vaccination event

    The Lapland health authorities held a pop-up vaccination event in the city of Rovaniemi over the weekend, featuring two prominent local celebrities. Lord and Santa Claus. Lordi, who won Finland’s first and so far only Eurovision Song Contest in 2006, received his second vaccine at Sunday’s event, while Santa – due to his mature age…

  • 45-year-old jailed for four weeks for bomb threat against the royal house

    A 45-year-old man from North Jutland has been remanded in custody for four weeks on Sunday for threats against the royal family. This is the outcome after a constitutional hearing at the Court in Aalborg, prosecutor Thomas Klingenberg informs. In December, the man wrote and sent a letter to the Copenhagen Police at Central Station…

  • He’s part of Hollywood’s number one couple

    He’s part of Hollywood’s number one couple

    On Wednesday, March 17, American actor Kurt Russell turns 70 years old. Kurt Russell pairs up with fellow actor Goldie Hawn. The two are so much an institution in Hollywood where few marriages are long lasting that they have a common star in the sidewalk of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Although the two have…