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Rovaniemi City Sightseeing and Santa Claus Village Tour: An Immersion in Local Culture

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Rovaniemi

Explore the captivating city of Rovaniemi and visit Santa Claus in his village headquarters. This excursion offers a great chance to dive into local customs and participate in guided tours.

Duration: 4 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Santa Claus Village - Discover the charming city of Rovaniemi and meet Santa Claus in his village office. This tour is an excellent opportunity to immerse in the local culture and go on guided sightseeing.

Welcome to Rovaniemi, the Capital of Finnish Lapland and the most popular winter resort! Let us take you through the town and show you the most exciting places. Learn more about Finnish history, discover the city’s highlights and find out how can you make the most out of your holiday in Rovaniemi. This charming town is best known as the official home of Santa Claus, where Christmas magic lives year round.

After the sightseeing, we will travel to the countryside, to the official village of Santa Claus. There we’ll take you to meet Santa Claus in his office. He’s usually busy packing presents and sharing Christmas joy, but you will have an exclusive chance of meeting him while he’s on the break! Of course, he would never complete all his work without the help of his elves. Not only they make toys in their workshop, but they also work in the Elves’ Post Office.

We’ll take you to the Posti, an Official Santa’s Post Office where you can write letters to friends and send them using unique Arctic Stamp. Send your friends holiday cheer straight from the Arctic Circle! After the post office, it’s time for the Arctic Circle Crossing ceremony. The Arctic Circle runs through Rovaniemi, and you can cross it right there in Santa’s Village. The legend says that Arctic Circle is a stress-free zone and that the northern you go the happier you become. The fun part is getting the certificate of the crossing.

And of course we will have time for souvenirs and shops, there are a lot of them! The Santa Village is rightly called the best place for shopping in Rovaniemi.

What's Included

Hotel pickup & drop off
Visit to Santa’s Village
Transportation during your journey
Guaranteed meeting with Santa Claus
Arctic Circle crossing certificate
Professional English speaking guide
Visit to Elve’s Post Office
Rovaniemi Sightseeing guided tour

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Additional Information

Children must be accompanied by an adult
A minimum of 2 people per booking is required

Location

Santa Claus Village

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Cruiser26677472195

Dec 14, 2023

Review - Our guide Victor was amazing. He actually spoke more than 3 languages very well. He was very considerate, helpful and very nice. City tour is good but santas village is just amazing.

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Michael_s

Oct 18, 2023

Highly recommend Nordic Adventures. - Enjoyed seeing and learning about the city as we were staying outside the city in Glass resort. Especially enjoyed the view from the top of the mountain/ski slopes. Christmas village was a lot of fun and we enjoyed the post office and Santa visit. We also did the reindeer pulled sleigh ride and visited the husky farm while we were there which made for a fun afternoon in a one of a kind place in Lapland. Would hi ff my recommend any and all booking with Nordic Adventures as we did a multiple bookings with them and were 100% satisfied with each one from booking process to finishing the tour.

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Spoiledyoungandrewk

Mar 5, 2023

Everything you need to know about the city - The guide was friendly and descriptive. Excellent english accent. He answered our questions and gave information and tips for our staying.

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Mumbaihemant

Dec 24, 2022

Incredible Day in Rovaniemi - We were lucky to be just the two of us on this tour. Alex & his mate Pedro were extremely hospitable & shared loads of information during the tour, including about the kind of life lead by the local citizens. Since my wife was very eager to spend more time at Santa Village & less in the city, we decided to do that as there was nobody else with us on that day. We got to enjoy a delicious grilled salmon at the 'Salmon Place' & on the way back from Santa Village, Alex was very kind enough to take us to a nice secluded frozen lake, just to experience Lapland's nature at its best. Both Alex & Pedro took very good care of us & ensured they made this tour most memorable for me & my wife. I cannot thank them enough for doing so & we shall never forget our experience standing on the frozen lake & enjoying the beautiful views.

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Sandra

Dec 20, 2022

Unforgettable experience - We are a family of 4, childrens age being 18 and 20. Pedro, our guide was able to engage everyone, answering questions and telling us interesting facts. He was knowledgeable and friendly and we could not have been happier. Alex (frim the office) was very helpful during the decision/booking process. Thank you both for such amazing experiences and memories

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U1594bdbrandond

Aug 11, 2022

Get to know Rovaniemi AND Santa. - Great crash course to Rovaniemi with lots of factoids and points of interest. Our guide (Alex) was very knowledgeable, accommodating and great with our 5 year old.

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Teresaco4228ju

May 10, 2022

Excellent visit to Arctic Polar Circle in Finland - Santa Claus Village and surroundings of Rovaniemi. Very nice visit, our guides were nice, punctual and knew quite well their job.

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Sharmafromwembley

Feb 21, 2020

personal touch - very patient, allowing us to take many pictures. very informative regarding the tour and allowing free adventure time while we did snow-tubing.

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