Apartments in the heart of Rovaniemi
Santa’s Holiday Homes offers rental apartments with the best location in Rovaniemi city centre. We are located just 50-meters from Lordi’s Square with a 24/7 grocery store just outside. Our collection includes studio apartments, one bedroom apartments and two bedroom apartments. Studios are ideal for two adults or small families, two and three room apartments are the best option for families and larger groups. All of our apartments are fully furnished and they have a cozy warm atmosphere. They also include a kitchen, living area and a private bathroom with a shower.
Santa’s Holiday Homes also offers safari experiences for example northern lights tours in Rovaniemi area through our partner company Visit Lapland Tours.
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.
Staying in Lapland for more than two days? The Culture Pass is your ticket to adventure at Korundi House of Culture, Arktikum and Science Centre Pilke in Rovaniemi. The Culture Pass is valid for 7 days, and you can visit the 3 sights as many times as you want.
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 interesting facts and stories.
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.
Staying in Lapland for more than two days? The Culture Pass is your ticket to adventure at Arktikum, Korundi House of Culture and Science Centre Pilke in Rovaniemi. The Culture Pass is valid for 7 days, and you can visit the 3 sights as many times as you want.
For more information, opening hours and tickets: www.arktikum.fi/en
Precious memories that last forever
Nova Galaxy Village is a small and unique igloo hotel, located 19km from Santa Claus Village and
15km north from Rovaniemi’s city centre, by the side of the Ounasjoki River. The hotel consists of
12 Scandinavian style Aurora huts with private saunas, a reception building and an open-fire Kota
Restaurant. The location is a quiet and isolated place in the middle of beautiful forest where the
guests will enjoy Lapland’s nature at its best, and have more chance to see some auroras for a once in-a-lifetime experience.
The property offers also facilities for responsible Arctic safari activities such as husky tours and
snowmobiling, exclusive for Nova Galaxy Village and Nova Skyland Hotel guests.
Porovaara Hill is a private and peaceful place, 20 min drive from Santa Claus Village, where you can feel and experience pure nature in many different ways. One option is to drive by silent electric snowmobile to the deep forest surrounded by the peaceful nature and wild animals. After the ride, head to the reindeer fences of our reindeer farm to feed the animals and learn about herding with your guide. You can also spend your night in the forest in sleeping bags made of reindeer hides and experience authentic Lapland while staying in Laavu under the Northern Lights and the starry sky, with reindeer. Book on line our activities: https://porovaara.fi/book/
Experience the electric snowmobile safari of your life!
A cozy Christmas themed cottage fox six! Santa’s Cottage is a cozy accommodation option in a beautiful and peaceful location in Sonka village, 30 km away from the Rovaniemi city center and around 37 km from Santa Claus Village.
Santa’s Cottage includes one bedroom with a double bed, well equipped kitchen, a living room with a convertible sofa for two, a loft with beds for two persons, sauna, washing room and a separate dressing room. The fire place in the living room holds a baking oven, and there’s also a cozy and roomy veranda in front of the cottage with a lake view.
Premium quality, personalised service, small to medium size groups and wide selection of unique safaris:
Snowmobile safaris
Husky tours
Reindeer tours
Northern Lights tours
Nature tours
In Santa Claus Village at the Arctic Circle, you’ll find the welcoming Santa’s Pets (in Finnish: Tallitontun piha). Visit and feed our kindly reindeer and meet fluffy alpacas, pony, goats, sheep, rabbits, donkeys and different birds or enjoy winter fun by coasting down the little hill on site! Guests can also use our Lapland hut (kota) & campfire / barbecue.
As an extra service, Santa’s Pets also offers nice reindeer walks and alpaca walks in the forests of Santa Claus Village and pony riding with our lovely pony. These activities must be booked in advance from our online shop. More info and bookings on our website: https://santaspets.fi/
Sarvesta Saparoon Ky produces authentic Lappish handicrafts and souvenirs. We also offer meat products made from the highest quality raw materials.
You can find Sarvesta Saparoon Ky’s Lappish souvenirs at our shop called “Poronpulkka ja Santa’s Gifts and Delicacies” in Santa’s Gift House (Santa’s Gift Shop), located in Santa Claus Village.
Our shops offer local specialties made from reindeer, berries, and herbs, handmade pottery, and wonderful reindeer-based products.
Glass Igloos on the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi
Santa’s Igloos Arctic Circle, 71 luxurious glass igloos, are located at Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi. This holiday village also includes reception and the Restaurant Arctic Eye (from Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus).
Santa’s Hotels’ glass igloos are intended for year-round use. The new glass-roofed, arctic view rooms offer a whole new opportunity to experience Lapland’s ever-changing nature while enjoying the comforts of a hotel room.
Welcome to enjoy Northern Lights, Midnight Sun, autumn colors and winter polar night in our glass igloos!