December 2010 Radio Advent blog 23

Glogg (Swedish mulled wine), See Radio Sweden's Advent calendar, for 15 December http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=1687283

Scandinavian radio is often entertaining and informative. The main international shortwave broadcaster in English is of course Radio Sweden, their 60 Degrees North programme is one of the best on the air (and the Internet), and at this time of the year often contains fascinating glimpses into winter celebrations across the Nordic countries: http://radiosweden.org/ 

For the local radio scene try the Swedish northern coastal city of Lulea for Radio Norrbotten: www.sr.se/Norrbotten/  and Rix FM: www.rixfm.com

In the far north of Norway Radio Tromso is at: www.radiotromso.no whilst on the north-eastern border with Finland in Karajsok, NRK Sami radio broadcasts for the Lappish (Sami) community. Maybe this is Santa's local radio station?: www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_sami_radio/

 

As well as covering the northern part of Norway and Sweden, Lapland extends into Finland. Lapin Radio in Rovaniemi, with a photo gallery of celebrations in the studios, is at: www.lapinradio.fi  


Just south of the Arctic circle in Tornio is a radio station called Radioaktiivenen, (Finnish for Radio Active), complete with studio webcam: http://active.llaky.fi  


Finally from the frozen north why not try national radio on the Faroe Islands, which comes from the capital Torshavn and is online. Ras 2 is at: www.ras2.fo  and Utvarp Foroya is at: www.uf.fo  There are links in English including travel information and maps, ferry timetables should you fancy a winter break with a difference at: www.ssl.fo/