Santa Claus Village Rovaniemi

we stupidly (maybe?) followed the sat nav’s instructions for getting from Stavanger to Rovanimi, Finland. it told us to go back east through oslo, and almost to stockholm before heading north and following the coast up. In hindsight, we should have gone north to Bergen and then cut through the countryside of Norway, skipping Sweden until the …

The downside of it snowing the whole time in Luosto is that the heavy cloud covered any signs of the Northern Lights. So as the sky was fairly clear last night, I woke up several times in the hope of Aurora Borealis appearing. Sadly it didn't appear...looks like I need to return to Luosto!
Today's the day I need to leave this magical place, but …

Today was absolutely great. I woke up and started by trying to save some money by hitch hiking to my next destination of Rovaniemi. It's 300 KM from Ivalo, which was where I woke up at. I watched about 50 cars go by and decided to just hop on the next bus. Finland is supposed to be very safe for hitch hiking. It was roughly $65 and took 3.5 hours. …

... its marketing is based) and just eight kilometres north of the city, at the point where you cross the Arctic Circle is Santa Claus village. The real life home of Mr Claus. So we had two different reasons to come to Rovaniemi but we were both ...

... 's hometown. lots happened in december, including a cookie decorating party that i organized at my flat, a trip to the santa claus village (8km in snow by crappy bike) for the official christmas opening, short shorter shortest days, and a journey ...

... rtico e separa o Pólo Norte do resto do globo. Como era domingo, os horários de ônibus que levavam até a Santa Claus Village eram reduzidos. Assim, aproveitamos para tomar café da manhã na cidade de Rovaniemi mesmo, muito agradável mas bem pequena ...

... bij ons op bezoek, maar hoe zal hij reageren als ik daar nu bij hem sta op mijn 31ste! Alvorens we "Welcome to Santa Claus Village" binnenrijden gaan we aan de overkant tanken en iets eten. We waren er wel van verbaast dat het park toch ver uit het ...

... make Oz look pretty good – fuel is just $2.60-2.90 a litre while a wine cask is down to $30-40. Headed out to Santa Claus Village where we spent the rest of the morning. It wasn’t bad – a very slick operation to get you in, spit you ...

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... can find everything about the arctic circle, and about lapland. All very interesting!!! In the afternoon we were about to visit Santa Claus village, and crossing the arctic circle. It's a nice village, but for me, far too commercial (every 100m you find ...

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Atravessei a linha do Circo Polar Árctico. Sabem o que é que isso significa: QUE ESTIVE NO ÁRCTICO! Fomos à "Santa Claus Village" e conhecemos o Pai Natal! (tenho a foto para comprova-lo) Palavras para quê?.. ...

... our rental car, a spanking new Honda Civic stationwagon equipped with snow tires, we set off for Santa Claus Village, a short 8 kilometres drive North of Rovaniemi. We had expected a huge theme park the likes of Disneyland and Magic Mountain but the ...