The unique Haunted walk is located in Rovaniemi’s countryside some 40 km from Santa Claus Village. The Haunted leads you through a secluded woodland trail filled with dark artistic installations, symbolic forest settings, and unsettling scenes such as the Inn of the Dead and the Lost Ravens Manor. The route is designed to evoke a sense of eerie storytelling, blending theatrical elements with visual surprises along the way.
The trail doesn’t base on jump scares, but is rather built to spark imagination and curiosity. It’s ideal for those looking for something different, atmospheric, and creatively unsettling.
After the walk, you’ll visit the Gallery of Dark Arts, a unique gallery featuring horror-inspired artwork, ghost-themed sculptures, and other odd pieces. The evening can be continued around an open fire, where warm drinks are served. On clear nights, there’s even a chance to spot the northern lights.
The destination is open all year around. During the winter season, we welcome visitors only by prior arrangement in order to ensure the best possible experience for our guests.
Cliff Adventure Park Pyhäkuru is a unique cliffside experience in the Arctic fells of Pyhä, only 1.5 hours from Rovaniemi. We offer two main day trips in winter: the Zipline Adventure Day, a full-day guided tour featuring cliff climbing, rope bridges and thrilling ziplines, and the National Park Explorer, a slower-paced visit with a guided tour of Pyhä-Luosto National Park and time to explore independently.
No experience is required, and both options are suitable for families, couples and adventure seekers. A comfortable Adventure Bus provides direct transport from Rovaniemi city center and Santa Claus Village in winter. Discover the magic of Pyhä’s winter landscapes easily and safely, all year round with advance booking.
Experience the Official Icebreaker Cruise of Santa Claus in Finnish Lapland!
Icebreaker Sampo is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Finland. Sampo has been offering unique arctic tourism experiences to its customers in Kemi for almost 40 years. The 3.5 hour morning cruise includes ice floating experience, walking on ice, guided tour around the vessel, diploma, welcome drink and entrance to the SnowCastle area exhibitions. On the 4 hour afternoon cruise, you also get access to enjoy the lunch buffet on board. Check out the cruise schedules and book an arctic Icebreaker Sampo Cruise at https://experience365.fi/icebreaker-sampo-cruise/
Like Sampo, the Icebreaker Arktis cruises in the Gulf of Bothnia during the winter season. This unique 3 hour cruise takes you to the frozen sea, where you can walk on solid ice and float safely in icy water wearing a thermal survival suit. We also recommend booking additional paid services, such as lunch buffet in the SnowCastle restaurant and entrance to the SnowCastle area exhibitions. Check out the cruise schedules and book an arctic Icebreaker Arktis Cruise at https://experience365.fi/icebreaker-arktis-cruise/
We offer round-trip transfers to the Icebreaker Sampo and Arktis Cruises from Santa Claus Village / Rovaniemi, Kemi, Haparanda and Tornio.
Korundi House of Culture is a space for art and events near the Rovaniemi city centre, and only 8 km from Santa Claus Village. Korundi is home for Rovaniemi Art Museum and the Lapland Chamber Orchestra, offering a unique perspective of the creativity and culture in the North.
Korundi is architecturally a unique building in Lapland; a mail truck depot that survived the Second World War and now conveys its message through art. Changing exhibitions and unique concerts always provide something new to experience.
Korundi not only nourishes the mind but also the body: Korundi Kitchen & Café is a refreshing and popular lunch café and a captivating meeting place. Also, vegans and vegetarians favorite spot in town. Korundi Shop offers a charming selection of northern design products. The high-quality local products make unique gifts and souvenirs.
Culture Pass – combined ticket for Arktikum and Korundi
Get your Culture Pass for two of Rovaniemi’s main cultural attractions. Visit the Science Centre and Museum Arktikum and the Korundi House of Culture with a single ticket.
The Culture Pass is valid for seven (7) days, during which you can visit the attractions as many times as you like. The pass also offers a discount compared to separate admission tickets.
For more information, opening hours and tickets: https://korundi.fi/en
Arktikum is a museum and science centre and one of the must sees in Rovaniemi. Arktikum, located close to Rovaniemi’s city-center and 8 km from Santa Claus Village, lets you experience northern nature, culture, and history up close. Housing the University of Lapland’s Arctic Centre and the Regional Museum of Lapland, we provide a deeper understanding of the Arctic. Also, Arktikum is a place where the mystery of the Northern Lights is revealed with scientific facts, video and interactive elements. That and so much more about the life in the North is explained in our immersive exhibitions.
Alongside the exhibition visit, we recommend visiting the Arktikum Café and shop. You’ll get to savour the colourful northern harvest in our lunch buffet and soak in arctic design on your coffee break. Arktikum Shop offers high quality and most authentic gifts and souvenirs.
Culture Pass – combined ticket for Arktikum and Korundi
Get your Culture Pass for two of Rovaniemi’s main cultural attractions. Visit the Science Centre and Museum Arktikum and the Korundi House of Culture with a single ticket.
The Culture Pass is valid for seven (7) days, during which you can visit the attractions as many times as you like. The pass also offers a discount compared to separate admission tickets.
For more information, opening hours and tickets: www.arktikum.fi/en
Are you ready to step into the enchanting winter wonderland? SnowGlow Winterpark opens its doors at the beginning of each winter season at Rovaniemi Central Stadium in the center of Rovaniemi.
SnowGlow promises a truly unique experience. In the heart of this winter wonderland, a circus arena will come to life, featuring talented performers from across the world, captivating audiences with daily shows. Interactive games, thrilling winter activities and luminous sculptures ensure there’s something for all ages to enjoy. Delightful cafe and food stalls await within the park.
SnowGlow Winterpark is designed with families in mind, adorned with numerous light statues, is a photographer’s paradise, offering countless opportunities to capture that perfect winter moment. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook for exciting updates!
See you at SnowGlow Winterpark!
MORE INFORMATION: www.snowglow.fi
See one the biggest SnowHotels in the World – Arctic SnowHotel & Glass Igloos in Lehtojärvi Rovaniemi offers unforgettable visiting programmes. The attraction is located some 30 km (25 min drive) from Santa Claus Village at the Arctic Circle. We also offer transfers from Rovaniemi city centre or Santa Claus Village, entrance ticket to the SnowHotel and a guided tour.
During the tour you get a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit all the rooms of the SnowHotel, Ice Restaurant, Ice Chapel and Ice Bar. If you wish, you can have a drink at the Ice Bar during the tour.
On top of visiting the SnowHotel, you can book a programme including for example dinner, Aurora hunting or a unique Sauna experience with Snow Sauna. www./arcticsnowhotel.fi/
Welcome to a colourful world of beautiful cards and unique stamps and gifts! Our cozy atmosphere invites you to sit down and write your greetings from the Arctic Circle to your friends all over the world. The cheerful Postal Elves will post your greetings for you, whether it’s Christmas or the middle of summer! All post will be stamped with the special Arctic Circle postmark. We are a full-service post office, so you can also leave your parcels and other mail with us to be delivered to its destination!
By the way, there’s a secret behind the red post box: all letters dropped here will be held and sent for Christmas!
Make friends and relatives happy by ordering a Santa Claus Letter, which will be sent by Santa Claus himself before Christmas.
We are open every day, all year round!
P.S. Did you know that every year Santa Claus receives around half a million letters to his post office at the Arctic Circle? The letters arrive from children and adults all over the world!
The Roosevelt Cottage, located next to Santa Claus Main Post Office, is the oldest building of Santa Claus Village. It was constructed in 1950 in order to celebrate Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt’s visit at Arctic Circle. Read more about the incredible history of Roosevelt Cottage. Today the cabin hosts a souvenir shop of original Lapland reindeer horn products.
Next to the cabin you find an information board about the incredible history of the cabin.
Snowman World in Santa Claus Village is the home of cute snowmen characters and a snow activity park for the whole family with daily lunch and dinner in the spectacular Snow Restaurant made entirely of snow and ice.
The activity park entrance ticket is valid for the whole day, and you can slide down the icy hill with a tube and try some ice skating and explore the snowy labyrinth. After all the snow fun it is nice to have a drink from a frozen glass at Ice bar and enjoy lunch or dinner at Snow restaurant. Small snacks and drinks are available in the warm indoor café Ensilumi.
The coolest party in town is in the Ice Disco in below zero temperature! Enjoy an ice glass drink while you dance at Ice bar while our DJ plays the coolest tunes!
Included in the entrance ticket: Snow sliding with tubes, ice skating, snow labyrinth, entrance to tour the snow and ice structures and sculptures, ice disco.
We recommend to book the lunch and dinner in advance to ensure the availability (the lunch and dinner prices always include the entrance ticket, in our webstore).