Perhaps there"s no better place to watch the northern lights dance above you than curled up in bed under the glass dome of a heated igloo here in Lapland, the northernmost region of Finland. There are other glass-domed hotels to choose from in Lapland, but the Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort, shown here, is the most famous. Visitors come to view the aurora borealis, or northern lights, and for various outdoor sports. There"s cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, downhill skiing, dogsledding, and even reindeer-drawn sleigh rides to keep you entertained during the short winter days. Evenings are spent dining (yes, reindeer may be on the menu), warming up in the sauna, and for some, sleeping under the stars and the swirling, hypnotic northern lights.
Oh, to sleep under the northern lights
Today in History
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A field of English lavender
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A Carpathian Christmas celebration
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Take the plunge into 2021
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Jupiter and the Galilean moons
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Hanging out on a limb
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Celebrating Native American Heritage Day
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Shining like Klondike gold
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Lion cubs, South Africa
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Humpbacks return to the Inside Passage
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A big birthday for Big Bend
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Feeling chic on Fashion Week
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How do ladybugs winter?
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World Olive Tree Day
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Computer Science Education Week
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Old Fortress, Corfu, Greece
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Glacier cave in Iceland
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Christmas market in Leipzig, Germany
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Christmas Tree Point Road and Twin Peaks, San Francisco
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We did not invent this, honest
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National Mushroom Month
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Seattle, Washington
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Pink apple blossoms, Avila Beach, California
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Big sky at Big Bend
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The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
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A palace for the public
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2022 Winter Paralympics
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Virgin Islands National Park established
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Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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Native American Heritage Day
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Nesting season for the leatherbacks
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