
Rovaniemi is the city of the Midnight Sun and the official hometown of Santa Claus. A friendly capital of Lapland surrounded by Arctic nature, where Lappish culture and a wide range of activities can be enjoyed under the Midnight Sun. And of course, here, you can cross the Arctic Circle.
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Rovaniemi offers a wide range of accommodation: different price levels and a great variety of styles guarantee there is something for everyone. You can choose to stay in the city centre, in the wilderness or right next door to Santa Claus.
In Rovaniemi, nights are white throughout the summer from late May until early August. This means there’s 24 hours a day for activities like golfing accross the Arctic Circle, horsebackriding, floating, hiking, river cruises, visiting husky and reindeer farms and a whole lot more – pretty much anything you can do during the day, you can do in the night. Sleep? Do it later!
There are plenty of sights and attractions in the Official Hometown of Santa Claus. As the capital of Lapland, Rovaniemi is home to great cultural attractions like Lapland’s Provincial Museum Arktikum, the forest-themed Pilke Science Centre and the Korundi House of Culture. For animal lovers a must visit is the Ranua Zoo that specialises in Arctic fauna; its ‘royal residents’ are the mighty polar bears and their cousins, the Finnish brown bears. Summer season at Ounasvaara starts after Midsummer and lasts until the middle of August.
Midnight Sun causes Finnish Happiness, through soulful moments surrounded by Arctic nature, embraced by Lapland phenomena and flavours. Hop on to this city of summer madness, to a way of life only experienced here, on the Arctic Circle, and spend an evening out on summer terraces, under the Midnight Sun. Rovaniemi has a surprising summer restaurant scene, with flavours of the world combined to Lappish tastes and numerous summer terraces to offer a relaxed evening out.
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