B&B Myllymatka 10 Rovaniemi
Myllymatka 10 Rovaniemi, Lapland, 96190, Finland
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Rovaniemi and the Santa village
... going; about three stories high which is made of wood. There is an explanation that this metronome is stopped at midnight on the 24 December and that it stops the world from turning so Santa has time to get around the world to all the good children. Sounds OK to me. There is also a long list in many languages of what makes a “good” child; but reading between the lines ...
Reindeers, santa and the arctic circle!
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 very last moment. the scenery in Sweden on the drive up was boring, ...
Day 1
My pillow is a lumpy piece of ten year old stuffing and my neck is killing me. I woke up at 5:30 and couldn't fall back to sleep. It was too bright in my room and the pillow hurts.
We left for school...... I was prepared as I wore a tank top, t-shirt, long sleeve shirt, and a sweatshirt and gloves and a scarf and my hat. It wasn't that cold. We got to school and were given a lecture on Rovaniemi as a city and Lapland ...
Mikulásfalva, Arktikum
... az órának a tengelye behatol a föld közepéig, amire azért van szükség, hogy karácsonykor a Mikulás le tudja lassítani a föld forgását, ezzel az idő múlását, hogy legyen elég ideje körbejárni az összes gyereket. Na ezért van az, hogy karácsonykor olyan lassan telik az idő, amíg várunk az ajándékra :-)
Az iroda előtt némi sor állt, mert nem csak úgy beszaladtak az emberek a Mikuláshoz, hanem mindenkit külön fogadott. Kb. 10 perc várakozás ...
Tourist Trap Alert!
... than 5000 inhabitants, Haparanda’s strategic importance lay in its location along a major trunk route connecting Sweden and Finland, and its proximity to its sister town Tornio located on the opposite side of the Tornio River. Aside from the flicker of street lamps, the town was deserted and there was hardly a soul or vehicle moving around that night.
The receptionist’s eyes lit up as we pushed our way through the heavy doors, huffing and ...


