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ROVANIEMI EVENTS

Christmas concert by Lapland Military Band. Rovaniemi Church.

The Lapland Military Band’s warm-hearted Christmas concert, beloved and popular indeed, will bring us the Christmas spirit this year, too. Soprano Anna-Maria Jurvelin will perform as a visiting soloist. Along with the soloist, the audience will also get to join in accompanied by the professional orchestra.

Date: 18 December 2021 - 18 December 2021

Address: Rovaniemi, church, 96100 Rovaniemi, Finland

Santa is on His Way -broadcast 2021. Santa Claus Village, Arctic Circle

Each year, Santa leaves Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland to bring Christmas cheer to people all around the globe. Santa Claus gives his speech wishing merry Christmas to the whole world before hopping in his reindeer-pulled sleigh and embarking on his tour. This year, the event will be organized with no audience due to latest corona restrictions. The event will be broadcasted on Facebook by Visit Rovaniemi on December 23rd at 7 PM local time (UTC +2).

Date: 23 December 2021

broadcasted on Facebook by Visit Rovaniemi

Seita choir’s traditional evening concert. Rovaniemi Church

Thu 23.12. at 22 Rovaniemi Church. Seita choir’s traditional evening concert. Directed by Kadri Joamets.

Date: 23 December 2021

Address: Rovaniemi, church, 96100 Rovaniemi, Finland

Arctic Lapland Rally. Rovaniemi, Lapland

The 57th Arctic Lapland Rally in 2022 will be competed on Friday and Saturday the 14-15th of January. The competitors start their arctic adventure on the over 220 kilometres of special stages already on Monday the 10th of January when the reconnaissance period begins. The rally route sees changes for 2022 as over 23% and over 50 special stage kilometres are new to all the drivers. For spectators the biggest change is the new special stage right in the heart of Rovaniemi at the Ounasvaara ski center. Naturally the route also includes beloved stages, such as the familiar final stage of Ristilampi at the remote Finnish Defence Forces training grounds. The brave rivals face endless snowy roads and ice cold temperatures at the mercy of the Lappish wilderness!

Date: 14 January 2022 - 15 January 2022

Address: 96100 Rovaniemi, Finland

Reindeer race – Porocup. Mäntyvaara, Rovaniemi

Rovaniemi is the hometown of Santa Claus in Lapland and is famous for its reindeer. Every year, at the end of winter, several reindeer races happen in the Rovaniemi area.

Date: 19 February 2022 - 20 February 2022

Address: Mäntyvaara, 96930 Rovaniemi, Finland

ROVANIEMI OVERVIEW

Rovaniemi in a few words: Lapland - Santa Claus village - Polar circle - Northern Lights - Lappish food - Reindeers and Husky - Snowmobiles - Christmas spirit and Magic.

1. Transport

TO FINLAND:

Rovaniemi is located in Finland, Finnish Lapland. The easiest way to come here is via Helsinki (Finnish capital).

Helsinki-Vantaa international airport has flight connection with 45 countries worldwide. There are direct flights as well as charter flights during high season.

TRANSPORT HELSINKI - ROVANIEMI:

Rovaniemi airport is the biggest Lapland airport and it has daily flights from Helsinki and seasonal flight connection with some other European cities. For example, direct flights from London, Berlin and Zurich in winter - spring months.

By air: Helsinki-Rovaniemi daily flights by Norwegian and Finnair, 4 flights per day.
Flight time - 1h20m.
Price from 35€.
Distance from the Airport to Igloo resort: 3 km (easy transfers by taxi).

By train: Daily trains by VR from Helsinki to Rovaniemi.
Duration - 8-12h. 9 trains every day. Day and night trains to choose from.
Price from 68€.
Distance from Railway station to igloo resort: 8 km. Santa’s Express Bus №8 leaves from the Rovaniemi railway station to Santa Claus village and Snowman world every hour / every day.

2. Best time to visit Rovaniemi

Rovaniemi is special during Dec-Jan because of the Christmas and New Year spirit of this time. Of course, people all over the world try to get there at this time of the year. So be ready to face fully booked accommodation well in advance, necessity to book activities beforehand and restaurant tables.

We’d recommend to plan a trip to Rovaniemi from end of November till mid April to get as much as possible from the Lapland trip. During this time there will be snow, and many winter activities run from end of November.

Note:
* December and January is time for Polar Night in Lapland when sun does not rise above the horizon. It does not mean that there is dark all the time. There will be some kind of blue shining during a day (inbetween 10am to 2.30pm) and sun will be very very low, almost at the horizon line.

3. Rovaniemi winter weather

Average temperature in Rovaniemi during winter is about -15 degrees Celsius. But some days it might be around -30. Snow coverage in March is about 1m depth.

Typical daytime temperatures in the winter:

December: -20 to -10 degrees Celsius
January: -30 to -15 degrees Celsius
February: -20 to -15 degrees Celsius
March: -15 to -5 degrees Celsius

There is quite dry air and wind is not very often, so even severe frost is not so terrible.

Some Rovaniemi activity companies provide winter multi-layer clothes for rent which can be used during holidays as daily overall.

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Location

ROVANIEMI AT A GLANCE

Arktikum Museum Rovaniami

Lumberjack Candle Bridge

Sauna Experience

Ounasvaara Ski resort Rovaniemi

SantaSport activity park Rovaniami

SANTA CLAUS VILLAGE

Santa Park theme park and workshops

HUSKY SAFARI

SNOWMOBILE SAFARI

Arctic Snow Hotel in Rovaniemi

Northern Lights hunting from land

Northern Lights hunting from air

Northern Light best spots in Rovaniemi

AURORA PHOTO TOURS & CAMERA RENTALS

Lappish Tepee Cafe

Sky Ounasvaara restaurant

Restaurant Nili

Restaurant Arctic Boulevard

ROVAMIENI LOG CABINS

ROVANIEMI SELF-CATERING APARTMENTS

ROVANIEMI HOTELS