The Stuck at the Airport team visited Finland, loved it and Helsinki Airport – and we’re now scheming to go back.

If we do, we’ll try to book a stay at the Ilmatar Airplane Lodge, which the folks at Visit Finland let us know is housed inside a SAAB 340b passenger airplane once operated by the Finnish Air Force.

In addition to accommodating eight guests, the jet complex has two saunas and an outdoor jacuzzi.

(Photo credit: Ilmatar Airplane lodge and Valtteri Vainio)

Chinese Airport with a cool museum

It’s not the first museum in an airport, as they claim, but the museum inside the new fifth terminal at sprawling Xi’an Xianyang International Airport (XIY) in Northwest China is quite impressive.

The new airport museum displays artifacts excavation during the construction of the airport along with cultural relics from Shaanxi Province.

According to an article in China’s Global Times, the airport museum showcasing archeological treasures is a “bold initiative” that “redefines the boundaries of both museum spaces and transportation hubs, heralding a new chapter in cultural accessibility and public engagement.”

If you’re not heading to China anytime soon, you can visit the museum exhibits offered by the SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), the Phoenix Airport Museum at Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) and many others here in the United States.