Photo. Beautiful atmosphere in afternoon in Santa Park on the arctic circle, Rovaniemi, Finland.
Santa`s location is in Santa Park, which is an amusement park near Rovaniemi in the Lapland region of Finland. We had a wonderful adventure enjoying a Elf Show, Santa's Workshop, Gingerbread Kitchen, magical Sleigh Ride, Elf School, Elf Workshop, Ice Sculptures, Santa`s Post Office and Christmas music. And I had to admit: the beautiful Ice Queens melted my heart.
The park is designed to emulate the cavern residence of Santa Claus on the Arctic circle. Popular culture often depicts Santa Claus or joulupukki in Finnish, coming from Lapland. Therefore, tourists come every year to Rovaniemi to meet Santa Claus. Website: www.santapark.com
Santa Park was opened on 28 November 1998 as an amusement park. The concept was created by Santaworld Ltd. (UK) and the cost of construction was 6,7 million Euros.
The ownership consisted of Finnish companies such as Finnair, MTV, Sampo, Lasten Päivän Säätiö, Posti. Ministry of trade and industry was also involved.
The attractions of Santa Park include
* Elf Show
* Santa's Workshop
* Gingerbread Kitchen
* Sleigh Ride
* Elf School
* Elf Workshop
* Post Office
A shopping arcade and Lappish cafe also serve visitors.
The structure is located in a huge man-made cavern inside bedrock where visitors descend via an impressive portal.
Santa Park can be easily reached by car along the national highway 4. It is located about 9 km northeast of Rovaniemi and about 2 km from Rovaniemi Airport.
Frequent flight to Rovaniemi are offered throughout the year to Rovaniemi from Helsinki and other cities. The majority of international tourist switch their plane in Helsinki-Vantaa airport. Also in the Christmas time there are many charter flights from Sweden, UK and other countries that fly directly to Rovaniemi.
Also there is Ryanair flights to Tampere which also has regular connection to Rovaniemi. There is also a regular bus and train connection with all major cities in Finland. Local transportation is provided by Santa's Express (bus line number 8) from the centre of Rovaniemi to Santa Park and Santa Claus Village. The bus trip takes about 30 minutes.
www.santapark.com
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