Programme samples

We bring your Rovaniemi experience

Through the years, Rovaniemi Congresses has been happy getting challenged by clients’ wishes and ideas and making them happen in Rovaniemi. Combining formal meetings with wild activities is our speciality, which is facilitated by the fact that nature is practically at the doorstep anywhere you are in the city.

Even the most exotic dinner venues are located only a short transfer away from the city centre, making impressive evening programmes possible even when the schedule is tight. As the capital of Lapland, Rovaniemi has an interesting offering of arctic culture that can be experienced in sightseeing tours.

All our programmes and activities can be tailored to clients’ requirements.

Programme sample 2: meeting, workshop or seminar for 50-100 participants

Day 1 – welcome to Rovaniemi

• Welcome dinner will be served in restaurant Gaissa in your hotel, Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus.

Day 2 – meeting in Santa’s Conference Centre or Town Hall

• You can choose to stay in the hotel and have a productive meeting in Santa’s Conference Centre or hold the meeting at Rovaniemi Town Hall, designed by famed Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.
• Team-building programme in Poropirtti: an experience at a local reindeer farm with a reindeer herder and a shaman.
• Dinner is served at the reindeer farm.

Day 3 – meeting in Santa’s Conference Centre or Town Hall

• Meeting at a venue of your choice during the day.
• Dinner: in winter, dinner is served in an igloo made of snow and ice. In summer, restaurant Thulia can be converted into a small and intimate setting or a larger banquet.

Options if no meeting is chosen to be held: an icebreaker cruise or a winter driving programme in winter, and river cruise in summer.

Day 4 – departure via Santa Claus Village

No visit to Rovaniemi and Lapland is complete without meeting Santa Claus. After meeting Santa, a stop at Santa Claus Main Post Office gets everyone a postcard with a unique Arctic Circle stamp they can send to anyone they wish.

Programme sample 4: conference, event or seminar for 300-1 000 participants

Rovaniemi offers a range of opportunities for arranging memorable events for large groups. Hotels in the city centre are very close to each other, and groups of over 200 are often accommodated in two different hotels.

There are plenty of options to choose from in terms of the actual conference or event venue:

SantaPark

• Santa’s home cavern is a very special place mined 50 metres under the Syväsenvaara fell. The central plaza is a multi-functional space that can be converted to cater for large-scale conferences, events, performances and gala dinners.
• This is the only place in the world where you can cross the Arctic Circle underground.

Santa’s Conference Centre

• Santa’s Conference Centre is located in the basement floor of Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus. Eight meeting rooms accommodate from 20 to 300 participants.
• Three of the meeting rooms can be connected to form one large space (250 m²), seating around 300 persons in theatre style. This room is suitable e.g. for small fairs and exhibitions, concerts, theatre performances, cocktail parties, banquets, private gala dinners and, of course, conferences.
• More conference facilities can be found on the first and second floors of the hotel. Kirnu, for example, is an elegant multifunctional room suitable for up to 500 participants.

Lappi Areena

• Lappi Areena is one of Rovaniemi’s largest integrated centres for major events. In addition to a variety of ice sports events, this adaptable venue houses top expos, conferences, meetings, seminars, concerts, training events and other large-scale shows and exhibitions.
• Lappi Areena is a modern multi-purpose hall. It can be transformed into a venue for any type of event according to the number of guests expected.

Dine-around

• Forest Manor – traditional country style dinner (260 persons)
• Porohovi – feast of Lapland: game and reindeer (200 persons)
• Thulia – classy international cross kitchen (300 persons)
• Joulukka – Christmas dinner (120 persons)
• Poropirtti – Lappish riverside fish buffet (180 persons)

Ice dinner

• This is a seated or cocktail-style dinner served on tables made of ice. This magical experience is about much more than the delicious food. The igloos are rebuilt every year, making it possible to order an igloo just for your event. Illuminated ice structures as well as fire-based features will amaze guests from the moment they step into this realm of snow and ice.

Dinner event in SantaPark

• Elves handing out drinks bid guests a warm welcome at the entrance, while their talented colleagues entertain the guests with music. The long tunnel will take you below the Arctic Circle for a night of magic.
• A delicious dinner is served on the main square of SantaPark. Guests are invited to explore the cave and can enjoy its ice bar, cross the Arctic Circle underground, and sip champagne and sample gingerbread cookies.
• The highlight of the evening is a music and dance show based on various Lappish fantasy themes.

Pre and post tours

Travelling to Finland for a conference or event is a perfect opportunity to visit Rovaniemi, the official Hometown of Santa Claus and the capital of Lapland. Thanks to excellent flight connections from Helsinki and superb infrastructure in Rovaniemi, much can be experienced in a short time.

Rovaniemi is located right on the Arctic Circle and offers a wide range of exciting activities, wild experiences and arctic culture. Pre and post tours can last for hours or days and are tailor-made to suit the specific needs of visitors.