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Episode: Northern Lights bring tourism boost to Finnish Lapland
Description: Tourists are heading to Finnish Lapland in the hopes of seeing the famous Northern Lights.
Driving through the darkness, photographer Joona Forsgren is on a hunt for the aurora borealis. Veering onto a darkened Finnish Lapland road, Forsgren guides a group of tourists to a frozen lakeside spot. Forsgren started taking tourists “Northern Lights hunting” about five years ago. Back then, he was just one of a few.
The captivating show can be visible from late August until early April.
These odds tempt thousands of tourists northwards every winter, to Rovaniemi, the capital of Finnish Lapland, which also boasts a Sant...