Three postal workers set off on Saturday on their nearly 3000-km bicycle journey from St Nikolaus, Germany, to the small town ...

Three postal workers have set off on a nearly 3000-kilometer bicycle journey from St. Nikolaus, Germany, to the small town of ...

Three postal workers will embark on a 3,000-kilometre bicycle journey from St. Nikolaus, Germany, to Rovaniemi, Finland. They ...

The three-week journey will see the cyclists hand over thousands of Christmas wish lists to Santa Claus in Rovaniemi.

ROVANIEMI, Finland (AP) — Shuffling across icy ground on a cold December afternoon, lots of tourist groups poured into Santa Claus Village, a winter-themed amusement park perched on the edge of ...

The official home village of Father Christmas has been hit with a record-breaking heatwave, stoking fears that wildfires that have swept across Lapland will become more frequent.

Although Korvatunturi was only disclosed as the workshop’s location in 1927 (it was revealed on air by radio host Markus Rautio), Finland’s Santa Claus tradition is much older.

The highest temperature of the heatwave, 31.7C, was measured at two locations, Ylitornio and Sodankylä, earlier this week.

A child looks at a large snowman in Santa Claus Village, around 5 miles north of Rovaniemi in Finland, on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015.

Santa's elves start early in Germany. Three postal workers set off Saturday on their nearly 3,000-kilometer (1,860-mile) ...

Tourists visit Santa Claus Village, a winter-themed amusement park perched on the edge of the Arctic Circle, in Rovaniemi, Finland, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/James Brooks) AP International ...

Santa’s elves start early in Germany.   Three postal workers set off Saturday on their nearly 3,000-kilometre bicycle journey ...