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

info@laplandwelcome.fi

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.