The official hometown of Santa Claus

Rovaniemi

On the Arctic Circle, Rovaniemi blends Santa Claus Village, husky kennels and riverside aurora hunting with easy international flight connections.

Tours in Rovaniemi

A small-group aurora chase with a local guide who reads the forecast live and drives to the clearest arctic sky.

Drive your own team of huskies through frozen pine forest, then warm up in the kennel cabin.

A lantern-lit sleigh ride with a herding family, ending with coffee and stories in a Lappish kota.

A private audience with Santa in his forest cabin, with elves, gingerbread and a personal gift.

Craft your own wooden toy by lantern light in the elves' cosy log workshop deep in the snowy forest.

Open trails, frozen rivers and fell viewpoints on a modern four-stroke snowmobile.

Drill through half a metre of ice on a silent arctic lake and grill your catch on the shore.

Studded-tyre karts on a floodlit ice circuit with live timing and a podium ceremony.

Traditional smoke sauna on a frozen lakeshore, followed by the legendary avanto ice dip.