We Asked 5 Travel Experts Their Favorite Winter Wonderland Destinations-and They All Said the Same Thing

""It just feels so serene, so peaceful, with a pristine blanket of snow covering thick forests for several months of the year," Chris Brunning, the co-founder of Untold Story Travel, told Travel + Leisure about Finnish Lapland. "The seemingly perpetual sunsets and the magical winter nights-there's nowhere quite like it. There's also a rich indigenous heritage that often goes overlooked, wonderful local people with that famously dry Scandinavian sense of humor, and some of the cleanest air in Europe.""

""It is truly spectacular to see in winter, as it is located inside the Arctic Circle, making it possible to see the Northern Lights fairly easily from this location," Michelle Jensen, editor at Travel HerStory, told T+L. "It is also a wonderful place to enjoy a variety of winter-based activities, such as reindeer sleigh rides, dog sledding, ice floating, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, and the world's only snow sauna, located at the Arctic Snow Hotel.""

Finnish Lapland features pristine snow-covered forests that persist for several months and long, low sunsets that create magical winter nights. The region lies inside the Arctic Circle, allowing frequent views of the Northern Lights. A wide range of winter activities is available, including reindeer sleigh rides, dog sledding, ice floating, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, and a unique snow sauna at the Arctic Snow Hotel. Santa's Village offers family-oriented attractions such as meeting Santa, Santa's post office, snow restaurants, and snow tubing. Local culture includes indigenous heritage and famously dry Scandinavian humor, and the air quality ranks among Europe's cleanest.

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