Lonely Planet Magazine India

UP TO SNOW GOOD

The big chill began when I accepted an invitation from Fredrik, one of my friends in the travel trade. Fredrik has wilderness camps in Swedish Lapland, and he promised six of us guinea pigs from different parts of the world an experience in the middle of nowhere.

My gut told me I needed some time in the middle of nowhere.

Now everything around me is covered in white powder, and this is how it will be for the next five days. Swedish Lapland (also written as Lappland) is the Arctic part of Sweden, home to the Northern Lights and the Midnight Sun phenomenon. Here, nature awaits at

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