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Our Rovaniemi day brings you to the Arctic Circle, where
you will obtain the Arctic Circle crossing certificate, meet
Santa Claus himself, meet the reindeer herders and enjoy
a delicious lunch. Santa Claus village at the Arctic Circle is
the best place for shopping as well. Rovaniemi day includes
also visit in Arktikum museum - the provincial museum of
Lapland and a sight seeing in Rovaniemi downtown. See
Rovaniemi in one day!
The Arctic Circle is a line visible on the map, north of
which the sun can be seen above the horizon even at mid-
night during the summertime. Contrastingly, during the
winter the sun stays below the horizon for a certain time.
As a unique memory everybody gets the official Arctic
Circle crossing certificate. It is available in many lan-
guages.
The Santa Claus Village is an unique meeting place where
hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world
come to meet Santa Claus on every day of the year. A
place where the fairytale becomes true. Did you know that
humans can only see elves when the elves want to be seen?
Welcome to the colourful Christmas world of beautiful
cards, stamps and unique gifts. Sit by the fireplace and
write to your friends all over the world. The cheerful
Postal Elves will post your greetings for you, whether it’s
Christmas or the middle of summer.
The postal service of the Santa Claus Main Post Office
will send items for you when you want them to be sent,
perhaps for Christmas?
Arctic Circle Crossing
Certificate
Make friends and relatives happy by ordering a Santa
Claus Letter, which will be sent by Santa Claus before
Christmas. All post will be stamped by hand using the
special postmark of the Santa Claus Post Office.
P.S. The secret behind the red post box; all letters put
through here will be sent for Christmas.
In the Christmas House, the unique and nostalgic
Christmas Exhibition presents a display of Christmas
habits and traditions in different parts of the world.
Historical Christmas films and rare Christmas decora-
tions get you in the Christmas Spirit and take you on a
journey through childhood memories from Lapland,
Finland, United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Iceland,
Japan, France, Austria, Spain, Poland and USA. En-
trance fee to Christmas House's exhibition is not in-
cluded.
During midwinter or the twilight period, light is pro-
vided by the moon and stars in addition to the magical
Northern Lights and clean, bright cover of glistening
snow. The Arctic Circle is also known as the border of
hastiness, where regular time changes into the magic
time of elves and reindeer.
The stores of the Santa Claus Village are open every
day. The range of products includes local handicrafts
from artisans that have been working for decades in
Rovaniemi. Affordable giftware for international
shoppers and top Finnish design products can be found
from dozens of different giftware boutiques.
You can also visit the reindeer herders here, it is
included to the price. Would you like to know
more about reindeers? Delicious lunch is also in-
cluded! We know the best spots for having a
lunch.
The day continues with visiting Arktikum museum
which introduces to life in Lapland and Sámi cul-
ture. Admission fees in Arktikum are included.
The Arktikum in Rovaniemi provides a unique in-
sight into the way of life, culture and history of
the North. It is a museum, science centre,
conference house as well as an architectural sight
in its own right.
In the Provincial Museum’s permanent exhibition
THE NORTHERN WAYS you will find out about
the life and mythology e.g. of the moose and bear
and you will also hear the sounds of the Lappish
animals.
Lapland Welcome
Rovakatu 26, 2nd floor
Rovaniemi, Finland
Tel. +358 20 735 29 40
Safari office: +358 20 735 29 42
www.laplandwelcome.fi
E-shop: www.laplandwelcome.com
Top rating in TripAdvisor!
The exhibition presents Sámi culture, with its cos-
tumes and languages, and small-scale models of
Rovaniemi from 1939 and 1944 with the stories be-
hind the buildings. In terms of time, the exhibition
traverses from prehistory to the present day.
THE ARCTIC IN CHANGE exhibition by the Arctic
Centre offers the visitors a journey through the Arc-
tic world today. The exhibition promotes the natural
beauty and the cultural richness of the Arctic, while
it informs the visitors about the ongoing rapid social
and environmental changes occurring in the frag-
ile Arctic. In the exhibition, the visitors can also
experience the coldness in a stylish cold room and lay
down in the northern lights theatre.
After Arktikum there is a sight seeing in the city of
Rovaniemi. See the theatre and library designed by
the most famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. See
also the main church in Lapland, the biggest river in
Lapland etc. The sight seeing tour ends up at your
hotel.
Guided tour with a local guide is much more…
Price: 179 euros/adult and 79,50 euros/child under
15.