yeah. there's no other way to get there. so this is how i'm rolling. and you're going to teach me how i'm rolling. nice to meet you. tell me about this machine, my friend. these are the things that were a revolution in our life here. they came about 50 or 60 years ago to finland, and it made things much easier. what did you use before these? skis. and reindeer. old school. normally when you drive on a track, you have your feet in here and your hands on the bar. if you want to go right, you pull right, left for left. the brake is on the left. this is the panic button. so if you lose control, something happens, you just hit that button. so i hit that button and then i go...? it's so hard to believe that i am on a snowmobile going across lake inari in finland, and beneath me is thousands and thousands of gallons of water.

it's just crazy. this place is so beautiful. i wasn't expecting that! around 30 years ago, the inari sami culture was on the verge of extinction. inevitably, there's been a drift to the cities, to an easier life. traditional cultures experience that loss the world over. but these days, tourism is creating jobs, allowing some young sami to return home. ade preparing for those long winter nights north of the arctic circle in finland. now think of winter in austria's tyrol region

and you might think of wrapping up warm for the ski season. but step away from the ski slopes and you may come face—to—face with a whole other chilling seasonal tradition. now, at this time of year, you'll see many capital cities around the world decked out in festive lights, most of which come down at the start of january. but over in the netherlands, the canals of amsterdam are being lit up for the first time as part of an innovative art project, that will stay in place right through to the end of january. we went to meet some of the people behind the idea. music plays it was all starting at the moment that amsterdam was a little bit dull

and dark in wintertime, and then the first works of art were introduced into the canals, and that was about seven, eight years ago. i think they light up the hearts and minds of the people in amsterdam. it's really a nice thing to see — all the works of art coming to life, towards the months of december and january. i think what's new this year in the festival is the way you can approach the works of art. you can use the boat, making a beautiful boat tour. but you also can bike around town, you can walk around town. we've really made different routes to experience all the different works of art. it's nice to see all those installations of light, but the importance of darkness, the importance of rest, of not being part of the system, is, of course, very, very much there are as well. it's been quite a long

project, actually. it started — i had the idea a whole year ago now. so you can enter from anywhere in the world. you submit a kind of — it literally could be a sketch on a napkin or you could really work it up to a visual, as long as the idea is there. i think there were about 600 entries this year, they get whittled down to about 100 and then from that they go through a next round ofjudging, and then they pick the final pieces to light up the city. a couple kind of not talking, on the phones, and then a girl or a guy. initially, there were four figures on the bench, for the first idea. the sculpture arrived on monday and we had a slight issue

with the transport. so sadly, it got damaged along the way. it arrived with two broken hands and a cracked ankle, and the bench was a bit damaged, but we worked through it. it is an important aspect and part of our lives but i think it has taken people away from reality, like, people going to gigs film through their phones, rather than actually enjoying and spectating through their eyes. i'd just like people to kind of stop and take a second to reconnect with people around them as opposed to their phones. we have a lot of people just coming and saying, "wow, that looks like my son." we had two old men that came along and sat down in between, and it hasjust been really funny to kind of see everyone's reaction to it because everyone just gets it, everyone can relate to it. it's a good thing to think about. this is a festival, it's nice to enjoy, it's also very important that injanuary, the lights go out again and we relax a little bit. and don't forget if you would like

to see the longer version of the programme, it can catch up with all of our recent adventures on the bbc iplayer and we are also on social media too. the details of those accou nts media too. the details of those accounts can be found on our website in the meantime for me and the rest of the travel show team here in kobe, it is goodbye. hello, i hope your christmas day was more festive than the weather, when the temperature rose to 14 celsius in scotland. that was in the north—west highlands. high pressure in control so most places, most not all, will be dry for boxing day. it's looking pretty mild as well, even where temperatures were on the chilly side across some eastern spots on christmas day, they will come up for boxing day. there is the area of high pressure keeping things quiet

for the most part. there is the weather front arriving just into the north—west of scotland, so that will be the focus of some outbreaks during the day and a very mild start here, whereas in north—east scotland, temperatures will be close to freezing. there will be frost here, the vast majority, though, will be frost free. cloud, misty weather against other day, maybe drizzly in places outside this area of northern scotland. where will you be seeing some sunshine? parts of north—east scotland, the central belt, north—east wales, the central and southern counties of england, maybe into the channel islands. most of us will be seeing something a bit brighter in the day ahead, temperatures perhaps into double figures. wednesday night and thursday morning, still that patchy rain in scotland, though continuing to ease off as the night goes on. we are bringing in some colder air across southern england and south wales, so this is where we could well see a frost going into thursday morning, under clear spells, and maybe a few fog patches as well, that could be dense in some spots and slow to clear on thursday. they do look set to get some sunny spells, and parts of north—east

scotland favoured to see some occasional blue sky. cloudy and perhaps a little drizzle from the thick cloud. parts of england and wales turning a little cooler for thursday, but still across northern ireland into scotland will be achieving maybe ten or 11 degrees in places. again, as we go into thursday night into friday, there could be some frost across southern parts with a fog, and then another front coming in the north—west. a brief bit of rain through northern ireland, more especially scotland, northern england, weakening considerably as it moves its way south—west though. again, you will get some sunny spells, and again, those temperatures on the mild side of average. it looks like there will be another speu it looks like there will be another spell of rain effect in north—eastern parts of scotland, before it clears away. for most places, it is high pressure in control. it is quiet out there. it is dry, it is mild. this is bbc news. our top stories: indonesia steps up the relief operation for thousands

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