Santas Igloos Arctic Circle. Rovaniemi.

ROVANIEMI EVENTS

Rovaniemi Spring Market. Market place

The Rovaniemi Spring Market has a rich history dating back to more than a hundred years, selling traditional food products such as fish, meat, bread, sausages, candyfloss, fruit and root vegetables. Other items on sales include toys, balloons, mats, clothes, jewellery etc.

Date: 19 March 2019 - 23 March 2019

Address: Market place, 96100 Rovaniemi, Finland

Wednesday Carneval. Sampokeskus and Lordi’s Square

Wed 20.3. at 16 Wednesday Carneval. Sampokeskus and Lordi’s Square

Looking for a fun place to hang out in the mid-week after a long winter? Looking for a blast of Arctic carnival? Want to take away little tiny happiness from joyful activities?

Welcome ALL to celebrate Arctic Design Week as Lordi square and Sampokeskus will come alive with a carnival atmosphere where families, businesses and people of Rovaniemi come together to celebrate Arctic Design. The event will feature Napapiirin Energia ja Vesi’s minimessut “Rakenna Koti Kanssamme”, meet and greets with Lordi and the opening of Lordi’s exhibtion. The event will also feature live music, flame throwers, interactive ice sculptures, life drawing sessions with the Lapland University students as well as local business and organisation stands. The event is being designed by AMK tourism students.

Free entrance.

Date: 20 March 2019 - 20 March 2019

Address: Sampokeskus and Lordi’s Square, 96100 Rovaniemi, Finland

Rovaniemi Reindeer Sprint Race 2019 -reindeer competition.

Rovaniemi Reindeer Sprint Race 2019 –reindeer competition. Keskuskenttä sports stadium. Free entrance.

Date: 22 March 2019 - 22 March 2019

Address: Keskuskenttä sports stadium, 96100 Rovaniemi, Finland

Snowmobile race.

Sat 30.3. Snowmobile race. Lainaanranta (northern end of Valtakatu-street).

Welcome to Europe’s biggest snowmobile event! There are programmes and excitement for the entire family and group of friends. Speed, ambiance and togetherness.

Further information: http://www.kelekkakisa.fi/

Programme:
Saturday 30 March 2019
11:00–11:30 Snowmobile Parade from Saarituvat to Lainaanranta
12:00–13:00 Initial race (starts for all categories apart from children and licensed riders)
13:00–14:00 Break
14:00–15:00 Second race (starts for all categories, children categories commence, licensed riders finish)

Date: 30 March 2019 - 30 March 2019

Address: Lainaanranta (northern end of Valtakatu-street), 96100 Rovaniemi, Finland

Street Dance IKM / SM competition. Santasport

Fri-Sun 10.-12.5. Street Dance IKM / SM competition. Santasport

Hotcakes Dance School organizes the 2019 Street Dance IKM / SM competitions in Rovaniemi 10-12.5.2019. The venue for the event is Santasport / Lapland Sports Institute.

The competition is organized in co-operation with FDO (Finnish Dance Organization), Finland’s representative of the International Dance Organization (IDO). The Finnish Championships in Street disciplines are competed in both individual, pair, small group and formation teams.

Every year, nearly a thousand dancers of all ages participate in the competition nationwide, competing in junior and adult series. Hotcakes Dance School from Rovaniemi won as the first Finnishgroup the World Championship of IDO street dance competition in the autumn of 2017 in Denmark.

Tickets for spectators are sold at the door on the weekend.

1 day ticket:
adult 15 €
under 16 years old 10 €
Children under 4 years free of charge.

Date: 10 May 2019 - 12 May 2019

Address: Santasport, 96100 Rovaniemi, Finland

International Grand Market 2019.

Thu-Sun 5.-8.9. International Grand Market 2019. Rovakatu-street, Pedestrian street, Lordi’s Square

Date: 5 August 2019 - 8 August 2019

Address: Rovakatu-street, Pedestrian street, Lordi’s Square, 96100 Rovaniemi, Finland

Rovaniemi Autumn market.

Tue-Thu 17.-19.9. Rovaniemi Autumn Market. Market place.

Date: 17 August 2019 - 18 August 2019

Address: Market place , 96100 Rovaniemi, Finland

Snowmobile Fair 2019

Sat-Sun 2.-3.11. Snowmobile Fair 2019. Lappi Areena.

Date: 2 November 2019 - 3 November 2019

Address: Lappi Areena., 96100 Rovaniemi, Finland

Santa's Igloos Arctic Circle ITINERARY ADVICE: WHAT, WHERE & WHEN

1. How to get to Santa's Igloos Arctic Circle?

TO FINLAND:

Santa's Igloos Arctic Circle located near Rovaniemi airport, Finland.

If you do not have direct flight connection with Rovaniemi, take a flight to Helsinki-Vantaa airport, Finland. And then local flight Helsinki - Rovaniemi.

If you'll have more then 5-6 hours between flights, it is good time to visit Helsinki and catch some main sights of the city - capital of Finland. Check out advises How to spend 1 day in Helsinki here >>.

FROM HELSINKI TO ROVANIEMI:

You can get to Rovaniemi from Helsinki by air, train or car.

Helsinki - Rovaniemi by air: Daily flights by Norwegian and Finnair, 4 flights per day.
Flight time - 80min.
Price from 35€.
Distance from the Airport to Santa's Igloos Arctic Circle: 3,5 km (easy transfers by taxi).

Helsinki - Rovaniemi 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 Santa's Igloos Arctic Circle: 9 km. Santa’s Express Bus №8 leaves from the Rovaniemi railway station to Santa Claus village every hour / every day.

2. When to go?

Santa's Igloos Arctic Circle open all-year-round.

Every season gives unique opportunities to see the Arctic nature in all its manifestations and do seasonal activities.

Summer would be great to enjoy Midnight sun. Autumn is perfect for colours, berries and nature exploring. But the best time to stay at Glass Igloos is from end of November till mid April to get as much as possible from the Lapland trip, activities and scenery, and more chanses to see the Northern Lights.

Note:
* December and January is time for Polar Night in Lapland when sun does not rise above the horizon. It is not dark all the time. There will be some kind of blue shining during a day and sun will be very very low. In Rovaniemi area sun rises for a couple of hours during the day time in December.

* Christmas and New Year time is very popular season in Lapland and especially at Rovaniemi area. So if you plan your holidays for the same period, be prepared to see a lot of people at main attraction sites, book activities in advance to get available spots and pay more for accommodation as it is a high season.

3. Rovaniemi weather in winter

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.

4. Short Lapland break – 3 days trip itinerary example

1 day in Helsinki.

What to see in Helsinki in 1 day?

Here you can start your northern adventure and dive into the Finnish traditions and culture.

Helsinki is tiny. Most of the main sights in Helsinki are in a compact central area, easily walk-able from train station where trains and buses drop off from the airport. Visiting it just for few hours gives the feeling of Finland and allow to cover main Helsinki’s attractions.

See: Helsinki inspiration ideas >

See: 7 special hotels in Helsinki >

2 days in Rovaniemi, Lapland.

Take a local flight from Helsinki to Rovaniemi.

Spend 1 day at Santa Claus village. There are a lot of things to do and see in one place: Santa village and visiting Santa, activities at Santa Park, Husky farm, Ice bar and Authentic food experience.

Next day - choose from activities such as dog-sledding or reindeer safari, snowmobile riding, evening Northern lights safari, showshoeing, or visiting Arcticum museum in Rovaniemi.

See: Santa's home town Rovaniemi >

See: Top 5 hotels. Rovaniemi >

Welcome to Finnish Lapland!

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