Ronaldo’s trip to Lapland has been noted in the British, Spanish, American and Indian media, among others.
18:43•Updated 18:45
Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and his wife Georgina Rodríguez have been diligently publishing videos and pictures from the family’s trip to Lapland.
The image of Lapland has spread widely, as Ronaldo has 645 million followers on Instagram. More than 114 million accounts follow him in the messaging service X. Ronaldo has more than 72 million followers on YouTube.
For example, on the eve of Ronaldo Video published on the YouTube channel has already collected 1.8 million views in less than a day.
On the eve, Rodríguez published an Instagram story in which Santa sang to the family’s children in Finnish.
Lapland is mentioned, but not always Finland
The family’s visit to Lapland has also been noted in the international media.
For example news agency AP says in his news that Ronaldo “was just a little cold” when he posted a video on the messaging service X in which the soccer superstar takes a dip in the open.
A British newspaper also reported on the matter with similar wording The Independent.
Ronaldo’s Christmas trip did not go unnoticed in Spain’s most popular club either On the Marca sports website. Marca’s headline says that Ronaldo spent his Christmas in a freezing eight degrees below zero and met Santa Claus.
British tabloids too The Sun and Daily Mail noted the matter. The Sun considered the matter so important that the main topic of its sports pages on Christmas morning was a long pictorial story about the soccer star’s open swimming and the family’s other activities in Lapland.
Ronaldo’s trip to Lapland was also noticed by an Indian newspaper Times of India. In its news, the newspaper tells about what was published on YouTube on Christmas Eve from the videowhere Ronaldo and his family meet Santa Claus.
Also Dutch De Telegraaf newspaper says in its title that “half-naked Ronaldo celebrated Christmas in an ice-cold bath in Lapland”.
Almost all international media reports that Ronaldo will visit Finland’s Lapland specifically, but Marca, The Sun and The Telegraaf, among others, do not mention Finland.
The 39-year-old Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the biggest superstars in the football world. Ronaldo played for Manchester United and Real Madrid for a long time.
In 2023, Ronaldo moved to Al-Nassr, which plays in the main league of Saudi Arabia.