Rovaniemi (Rovaniemi) - the capital of Lapland, located at the Arctic Circle, the most famous winter city of Finland and, according to unofficial data, the birthplace of Santa Claus. Recently, the exhibition and research Arctic Center has been built here, where you can learn a lot about the life and nature of the northern part of the world.

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Rovaniemi climate

March 1, Sunday Pass urn, small snow 0 ° C in the daytime - 1 ° C at night ° C water	March 2, Monday Cloudy , snow + 1 ° C in the daytime - 1 ° C at night ° C water	March 3, Tuesday Cloudy , small snow + 2 ° C in the afternoon 0 ° C at night ° C water
Weather forecast in Rovaniemi for 10 days

How to get here

Flight Helsinki - Rovaniemi (1 hour 20 minutes) or the train Helsinki - Rovaniemi (about 12 hours)

• How to get to the village of Santa Claus from Rovaniemi and Kuusamo

Hotels and restaurants

Accommodation in the resort is offered both in city hotels and in cottages in the immediate vicinity of the trails. Popular hotels in the city: Scandic Hotel and City Hotel, as well as a hotel with the classic Santa Claus name. Well, frost-proof exotics fans are waiting for a snow hotel in Sinett (25 km from Rovaniemi): a needle, sleeping bags and snow-ice-frost in the bundle.

As everywhere in Lapland, "chip" of local restaurants is stewed venison. The meat of the reindeer is cut into thin slices and cooked in a frying pan with a small amount of water. The dish is garnished with mashed potatoes, pickled cucumbers and cranberry jam.

Routes Rovaniemi

In Rovaniemi, right in the city, there are x Oronasvaara is a well-equipped ski center. The skiing season for Ounasvaara begins at the end of October

As a ski resort in Rovaniemi it will be interesting mainly for beginners. There are 9 ski slopes, 4 lifts and 3 springboards, a toboggan track 800 m long, and a half pipe for snowboarders. For lovers of plain skies, 100 km of trails are laid, some of them are illuminated

Entertainment, excursions and attractions Rovaniemi

Santa Claus Village with Santa Park: various attractions in underground caves and on the surface , a lot of cafes and souvenir shops

80 km from the Arctic Circle is the unique (the largest and most northern) zoo "Ranua". In it live wolves, lynxes, polar bears, moose and other frost-resistant living creatures. The ethnographic museum "Articum" offers expositions in which both modern life and the history of Lapland are presented.

. A variety of safaris on snowmobiles start from Rovaniemi, reindeer sleigh rides are organized. On the territory of the Sports Institute there is an aquapark

Village of Santa

And in Rovaniemi you can go with children to visit a local variety of dementia, to the village-residence of Santa Claus

Get from Rovaniemi to Santa park can be reached by bus number 8 (about 20 minutes on the road). Opening hours: from 10 January to the end of May, and also in the autumn - from 10:00 to 17:00, in the summer - from 9:00 to 18:00, and on hot days from December 1 to January 9 - from 9:00 to 19:00. On the territory of the residence there is a post office (where you can send a letter with the "Santa Marta"), a souvenir shop and a Christmas museum with a bunch of artifacts telling about Santa's "pedigree" and the holiday traditions in different countries. Photo Rovaniemi (21)