the classic christmas card, but the winters are brutal, and you have be tough to survive. we sent adding north of the arctic circle. to meet the local people and find out what it takes to survive there. finish lapland is as close as it gets to a winter wonderland. more thani million gets to a winter wonderland. more than 1 million tourists come gets to a winter wonderland. more thani million tourists come here each year in search of the northern lights, santa and his reindeer. the indigenous people who live in as pa rt indigenous people who live in as part of the world from northern norway, sweden, finland and the far north eastern part of russia. there is around 6000 of them left in this pa rt is around 6000 of them left in this part ofan is around 6000 of them left in this part of an land, and here they are known as the inari sani because most

of them live around lake inari, 250 km north of the arctic circle. i have never been so far north. i am here. after landing just an hour and a half flight from helsinki, i mean my first friend from inari. hello. welcome to finn went. thank you. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, lam nice to meet you. nice to meet you, iamjohan. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, i am johan. nice to meet you, look at your outfit, it is amazing. is this our transport? yes, it will be out this our transport? yes, it will be our transport for this trip. we have so our transport for this trip. we have so many things planned for you here. iam so many things planned for you here. i am looking forward to it. i'm loving your hat, that is the way forward. is really warm. -- it is really warm. life here must be really warm. life here must be really tough. this —— there is no on the ground for seven months of the year, and the most practical way to move around is by snowmobile. so,

this is the best way to get there. yes, there is no other way to get there. 0k yes, there is no other way to get there. ok so this is howl am rolling and you will teach me? nice to meet you. tell me about this machine, my friend. these are the things that revolution life in here and one way because we have —— we got them about 50—60 years ago to finland that made things much easier. what did you use before these? skis. reindeer. old school. normally when you are driving on a track you have your hands on the bar and your feed here and you want to go right you pulled to the right and left to the left. this is the panic button, so if you lose control something happens you just hit that one. so, i hit that button and i go andy! it so hard to believe that i am on this snowmobile going across

la ke am on this snowmobile going across lake inari in finland, and beneath me is thousands and thousands of gallons of water. it is just crazy! this place is so beautiful. i was not expecting that. around 30 yea rs i was not expecting that. around 30 years ago, the inari culture was on the age of —— verge of extinction. inevitably, there has been a drift to the cities, to an easier life. traditional cultures experience that lost the world over., but these days tourism is creating jobs, allowing some young sami to move back home. ade preparing for those long winter nights north of the arctic circle in finland. now, think of winter and austria's

region and you might think of wrapping up warm for the ski season, but step away from the slopes and you may come face to face with a whole other seasonal tradition. —— chilling seasonal tradition. now at this time of year you will see many capital cities around the world that 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 go and meet some of the people behind the idea. it was all starting at the moment

there was a little dull and dark in wintertime and the first works of art were introduced into the canal and that was about 7—8 years ago. i think they light up the hearts and minds of the people in amsterdam. it is really nice to see all of the works of art coming together —— coming to life throughout the month of december and january. i think what is 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 can also bike around town, walk around town. we have really made different routes to experience all the different works of art. it is nice to see all those installations of light, but the importance of darkness, the importance of darkness, the importance of darkness, the importance of rest, of not being pa rt importance of rest, of not being part of the system is of course very much there as well. it has been quite a long process

actually. i had the idea of whole year ago now, so you can enter actually. i had the idea of whole year ago now, so you can enter from anywhere in the world. you submit literally it could be a sketch on a napkin or you could really work it out into the visual, as long as the idea is there. i think there were 600 entries this year and they get whittled down to about 100, and from that they go through the next round of judging that they go through the next round ofjudging and that they go through the next round of judging and then that they go through the next round ofjudging and then they picked the final pieces to light up the city. the sculptor arrived on monday and we the sculptor arrived on monday and we had a slight issue with the transport, so sadly it got damaged along the way —— the sculpture. it arrived with two broken hands and the cracked ankle but we worked through it and the guys from the

festival have been amazing to help and they finally fixed it last night. it is an important aspect and pa rt of night. it is an important aspect and part of our lives, but i think it is taking people away from the reality. people being free of their phones and just enjoying and spectating through their eyes. we have had a lot of people just coming over being like oh, wow, that looks like my son or we like oh, wow, that looks like my son or we had two old men that came along and sat down in between and it'sjust been along and sat down in between and it's just been really along and sat down in between and it'sjust been really funny along and sat down in between and it's just been really funny to along and sat down in between and it'sjust been really funny to kind of see everyone's reaction to it because everyone gets it and can relate to it. isa is a good thing to think about. this isa is a good thing to think about. this is a festival, it is nice to enjoy and it's also very important because injanuary and it's also very important because in january the lights and it's also very important because 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 you can catch up with all of our recent adventures on the eeg player. 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. but in the meantime from me and the rest of the travel show team, it is goodbye. hello. after a mild christmas, it looks like the rest of the week is going to stay mild as well, right up until new year's eve and new year's day and we are a little more confident now that it looks like it is going to stay settled for the first few days of january as well. settled, but not necessarily sunny. you can get settled conditions with pretty overcast weather too and that is exactly what it's been like for some of us during the course of boxing day, overcast skies but light winds, not much happening out there.

we've had sunshine too. the mild air across the uk right now is pushing into other parts of europe as well into other parts of europe as well into scandinavia, central or eastern areas of europe too where it was initially cold at christmas and now it is turning a bit warmer. a thought is setting in after a white christmas. here's the forecast for the overnight period. clear skies in the overnight period. clear skies in the south, probably leading to a touch of frost, not necessarily in cities, maybe on your car windscreens that could be a little frost around first thing thursday but that is pretty much it will stop for degrees in london, eight in belfast and as i say in the countryside around freezing or so. and thursday. funny bright note across many southern and thursday. funny bright note across many southern areas. and thursday. funny bright note across many southern areas. the north east as well. scotland, eastern and northern scotland getting sunshine and in one or two other spots the sun will peek through the crowd —— clouds as well. a note —— another relatively mild day although this time of year doesn't necessarily feel like it but it's above average for this time of year. i! in belfast, around nine or

8 degrees for most towns and cities. maybe a little colder in the southeast where we would have had that initial frost. southeast where we would have had that initialfrost. here's southeast where we would have had that initial frost. here's the weather map for friday. you'll notice a weather front moving across the northern half of the uk meeting a little cloud and maybe rain early in the morning friday that'll move moved in northern ireland, scotland and exits out into the north sea. behind you can see the weather clears and actually we're in for a settled day, most of us friday. not necessarily sunny everywhere. you'll notice clouds across the midlands, wales, perhaps the southwest too and 11 belfast around 9 degrees for most of the cities in england. i! in scotla nd of the cities in england. i! in scotland as well. the outlook into the weekend. saturday and sunday looks more or less the same, and then monday, tuesday, high pressure in charge of the weather, we think so the weather for new year's eve. —— so so the weather for new year's eve. —— so good weather for new year's eve. this is bbc news i'm shaun ley. the headlines at seven. japan is to restart commercial whale hunting next summer — in defiance of a global ban. campaigners say they‘ re

worried by the decision cos ifjapan, if you like, gets away with this, other countries may want to try and do the same thing and then more and more populations could be exposed to whaling. queues for the boxing day sales but the number of people on the high street today has fallen — for the third year in a row. president putin witnesses the final test of a hyper—sonic missile which he says can penetrate any missile defence system. a murder investigation is under way in leeds where a 30—year—old man was killed yesterday. sister windy beckett — the nun who became famous around the world as an art historian and broadcaster has died at the age of 88. coming up, we look back at the