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Santa Claus Village
Tähtikuja 1
96930 Napapiiri (Arctic Circle)
Finland
GPS coordinates: +66° 32′ 37.11″, +25° 50′ 51.44
Car
Santa Claus Village is located in Lapland in Finland, only 8 km north of the Rovaniemi City Center. The destination is easily spotted with its towers and grand gateway through which highway E4 (European route E75) runs.
Bus
Rovaniemi can be reached by bus from all over Finland. Bus tickets can be purchased either from the Matkahuolto or Onnibuss online stores.
Rovaniemi local bus number 8 runs around the year between the Rovaniemi city centre and Santa Claus Village. Check the bus route. In November-March private Santa Claus Bus also runs between Santa Claus Village, city-center and airport and in autumn and winter Apukka Shuttle Bus runs between Rovaniemi City Center, Santa Claus and Apukka.
Taxi
You can order taxi for example from Rovaniemen Lähitaksi: +358 (0)200 88000 (1,92€/call + 0,25€/10s + local network charge).
Another interesting other option is Menevä Taksi Rovaniemi, which offers also a large number of ecological electric vehicles prebookable online via their application.
Train
Rovaniemi can be easily reached by train from southern Finland and from the northern direction from Kemijärvi. Buy tickets from VR’s online store.
Santa Claus Express night train from is particularly exciting and ecological way to travel to Rovaniemi from south of Finland.
Airplane
Rovaniemi Airport, the Official Airport of Santa Claus, is located just 3 km from the Santa Claus Village. Daily flights between Rovaniemi and Helsinki are operated by Finnair throughout the year and several times a week by Norwegian.
Please note that many companies are offering in winter time direct flights to Rovaniemi. Read more about the flight connections in www.visitrovaniemi.fi