Get to know Finnish culture! Rovaniemi has unique local lifestyle and rich culture. Live as a local and work with your own hands with a local artists and get to know the local style of living. Rovaniemi appreciates its traditions that function as a base for various activities. Find all doings related to life in Rovaniemi and city’s culture below.
Let us take you around to see the places where the locals like to take their friends and family, get to know your guide and local lifestyle.
Enjoy a relaxing night around the fire in the Arctic forests, listening to legends and tales of Finland. This story-telling experience will offer you an opportunity to learn more about Finnish culture, traditions and local history.
Learn how to survive in a wild nature together with a guide on a day trip to the forest by learning different survival tasks. Suitable for a whole family!
Learn the basics of superfoods – blueberries and cloudberries are waiting to be picked up!
Let’s go fishing together!
Dashing through the snow in a horse sleigh? There is no better way to experience the winter wonderland all around us!
Glide over fields and through forests while snuggled under a warm blanket listening to the silence of the night
Guided trail walking tour with picnic.
Follow the path deep into the woods where the stunning silence and beauty of Lappish nature await
Let’s go for a full snowshoeing adventure into the arctic wilderness! With your outdoor guide, learn how to orientate yourself and survive, take advantage of your surroundings, try ice-fishing to get food and build your own fire!
Experience the excitement of the arriving Christmas and its activities in a traditional way only with your own family.
Would you like to experience unique Lappish nature with us?
Imagine a deep lush forest full of juicy sun-kissed berries and meaty mushrooms, which you can use to prepare a tasty dinner.
Traditional dinner in a traditional setting – enjoy an evening of Lapland food and culture
Experience this unforgettable trip picking berries or mushrooms in a clean, Lappish forest, where you get to taste berries directly from the twig. And enjoy traditional Finnish campfire picnic with your family or friends.
Get familiar with the Finns close relationship with nature that shows in the local way of life
Feel the healing effects of the forest, herbs and log sauna of Fox Cottage with herbal bath for feet or treatment for hands. After the sauna we’ll serve you traditional Finnish dinner.
Traditional dinner in a traditional setting – enjoy an evening of Lapland food and culture
Explore the Arctic wilderness! Your outdoor guide will lead you on a hike and show you the beauty of Lapland nature. You will learn some basic survival skills, how to take advantage of your surroundings or how to make a fire.
Visit a local Lappish home and handicraft workshop and get to know the secrets of local food
Feel the healing effects of the forest, herbs and log sauna with herbal bath for feet or treatment for hands. After the sauna we’ll serve you traditional Finnish dinner.
Do you want to see and feel how the snow changes from pure white material to piece of art in your hands?
Traditional dinner in a traditional setting – enjoy an evening of Lapland food and culture
Experience a traditional Finnish Christmas Dinner and meet Santa Claus in private.
Experience the healing power of nature by hiking and doing yoga in the nature.
Apukka Resort, only a 15-minute drive from Rovaniemi city centre, combines unique, innovative experiences with traditions and true, unspoiled nature.
Husky Park has operated next to Santa Claus Village already for several decades. In Husky Park you can see how the dogs live, from feeding to taking off the harnesses.
Arctic Lifestyle is a safari house and program service company based in Rovaniemi, Finland. We aim to provide unforgettable experiences for our customers through the spell of Lappish nature, first class equipment and experienced staff.
Come and experience our fairytale-like snow buildings and ice sculptures, even if you do not intend to stay overnight.
Beyond Arctic is the leading tour company in Rovaniemi area with a specialisation in photography. We create exclusive excursions in the heart of Lapland and take you to locations of staggering beauty.
Bliss Adventure is an Arctic adventure and outdoor agency. With us, you can learn and enjoy ice climbing, fatbiking, Aurora Borealis photography, wilderness skiing and Arctic survival skills.
Borealis Point is a small family owned resort, where our goal is to provide unique premium level services to all our customers.
Experience more, explore arctic nature and local traditions with our Doers. From our site you will find authentic Lapland experiences with locals.
Easy Travel Ltd is a leading Finnish and Scandinavian DMC in the Nordic countries. We provide memorable travel experiences and VIP services including tours, safaris, transportation and accommodation for thousands of tourists visiting our beautiful Northern countries.
Elf's Farmyard offers walking tours with reindeer and alpacas and private visits to the farmyard where you can see reindeer, alpacas, sheep, goats, peacocks, rabbits, chicks, hens and roosters.
Simojoen Lohiranta offers Guided salmon fishing trips and nature excursion as well as canoe and kayak rentals. Whether you are a beginner or you already are familiar with the secrets of fishing we have tours for you.
Welcome to the Happy Fox family. We are small local family company situated at Rovaniemi. We provide year round nature activities.
Helios Tour provides professional, personalised, and most importantly, highly enjoyable, destination management services throughout Finland for individual clients, tourist groups, VIP clients and for all other.
Hornwork Handicrafts A. Kangasniemi offers visits to their handicraft workshop and Lappish home!
We do things in our own way, respecting the arctic nature, valuing highly Finnish traditions and forests.
Warmly welcome to our family husky home and retreat! Here you can experience husky safaris – sled riding – so that you can drive yourself, skiing in the silent forest, husky hiking, canoeing and yoga.
Kotatieva Winter Leisure Park is packed with winter fun! We have a unique 500 meters long ice-skating track in the middle of a forest, and lots more. Welcome to enjoy an active outdoors day with your family and friends!
We have operated for over 30 years as a producer of activity services and as a destination management company (DMC). Our base in Ylläs is our Safari House in the Ylläsjärvi resort. Kylmämaa is the only local activity programme company in Ylläsjärvi.
Lapland Experience Camp organizes unforgettable nature adventures in the stunning Lapland lake shore scenery. Our own private log cabin and log sauna is located only 8 km from the center of Rovaniemi by a fishy lake.
Established in 1995, Lapland Incoming is the Lapland expert with a proficiency within group travel and big demanding charter groups. We can guarantee that everything related to the trip is managed in a professional way with personalized and creative approach.
Lapland Safaris are specialists in Lapland’s nature and the Lappish lifestyle. We draw inspiration from the local history and day-to-day ‘Lappishness’. The stories and legends relating to these form the basis of the programme packages offered to our customers.
Lapland Welcome is a pioneer company in Lapland, which has been providing nature holidays and activities in Finland for about 20 years. We are called Nature and Aurora Experts of Lapland, merged with the talented activity organizer.
Metsä Kolo is a small family-owned and ecological resort in Southern Lapland, located only one and a half hours from Rovaniemi.
Outdoor minded tours that specialize in nature, journeys and adventures that makes you and your kids dump digital devices to focus on the here and now.
Nordic Odyssey is a new tour operator company based in Rovaniemi and specialised in providing memorable & unique experiences to travellers visiting Lapland. We offer high-quality guided services in English and in French, at the best price!
Nordic Unique Travels is a new tourism company located in the threshold of the Arctic: Rovaniemi. Each of our safaris have been handcrafted to maximize positive customer experiences and our catalog consists of over 65 daily tours.
NortsaV Tours is experienced travel company located at the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi – capital of Finnish Lapland. We offer attractive Winter and Summer tours in the land of the Northern Lights and the Midnight Sun.
A paradise for lovers of the outdoors and wilderness, Parpalandia is located approximately 50 kilometres from Rovaniemi downtown in the heart of Lapland nature. At Parpalandia you can take a multiple different safaris and enjoy the nature.
You are warmly welcomed to spend a stress-free day with us on our reindeer farm, Porohaka! We are a small reindeer herding family in Rovaniemi, Lapland.
Reindeer Journey is a small family company from Rovaniemi. Our adventures and experiences are based on authentic everyday life with free ranging reindeer and real-life reindeer herding.
We provide our own nature activities such as snowmobile-, husky- and reindeer safaris, Northern Light tours, ice floating, snowshoeing and much more.
Santa Claus Holiday Village right on the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland, offers everything you could want for your dream holiday: high-quality accommodation, a wide range of activities, fantastic food and drinks, shopping, the chance to meet Santa Claus and much more!
Reindeer rides and experiences with Santa´s reindeer in Santa Claus Village all year round.
Santa Claus Secret Forest is an exclusive destination where you can experience the magic of Christmas either privately or in small groups. Our weekly departures are available from November to January, and the private programs are organized by request all year round.
We want to offer you a comfortable and peaceful experience with various activities. Santa´s Adventures - Your guide to the Top!
Sunny Safari is a high quality, experienced and customized local safari activities provider. We always focus to organize enjoyable and memorable programs to customers.
Visit Lapland Tours are specialized in offering Arctic authentic activities such as Northern Light Hunting, leisure trips and Outdoor activities.
Enjoy the freedom to travel whenever you want, no matter where you are. Visit exotic destinations from the comfort of your own home or even on-the-go.
Wild about Lapland is the tour company in Rovaniemi that has one main aim, that is for you to learn about your surroundings. We offer a small, yet specific set of tours that are all chosen for there ability to take you away from the crowds, noise and speed of life.
We offer simple and relaxing activities in our cabin at Norvajärvi. Such as Aurora spa, which includes sauna, hot tub, ice swimming and tasty local food at Lappish warm hut.
Wild Nordic Finland is a travel company providing accommodation, outdoor activities and program packages for individual travellers, groups, incentive and tour operator customers.
Wildlife Safaris is a Ranua based Safari House and program provider and it is located in the immediate vicinity of Ranua Wildlife Park.
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