Factoids about Lapland: 1. 2% chance of meeting a bear in the Lapland forests. 2. 80% chance of meeting a Thailander in the Lapland forests. 3. 4% chance of meeting a Rheindeer in the Luleå Forests. 4. 25% chance of meeting a Rheindeer 100 km further north from Luleå. 5. NO polar bears here. 6. 2% chance of seeing a seal on the Luleå beaches. 7. 25% chance of seeing a seal 10 km out from Luleå, in the archipelago. 8. The land is rising with 1 cm/year here or 1 meter in 100 years, so we have a lot of places that are called,"beach, bay" and such, on dry land. The Old Town was a Harbour a few hundred years ago, but now it is just a nice little village with no water what so ever! (Leif The Guru TM, 2014)