Santa Claus VillageIt's Christmas every day of the year in the rather
commercialised (but quaint) 'Santa's secret hideaway' in Lapland,
northern Finland, where the redoubtable Mr Claus spends his time
preparing gifts for the world's children, and meeting and greeting
an estimated 500,000 delighted visitors a year. Co-incidentally the
valley inside the Arctic Circle where Santa's Village is set is
shaped like an ear, so, it is said, Santa can listen to all the
children of the world. At the village all sorts of activities are
on offer at Santa's office, the reindeer park and the Santa Park
theme park, and of course you can use Santa's personal post office
to mail a letter or card home with the coveted postmark. The
highlight of any visit, though, is of course meeting the great man
himself, and whispering your wishes into his friendly ear. Santa's
Village and Santa Park are located just a mile from the
international airport of Rovaniemi (capital of Lapland), and is
also easily accessible by bus or car f
Website: www.santaclausvillage.info
Email: aija@arcticcircle-information.fi
Telephone: Village: (0)16
Opening Time: Village: 1 June to 31 August 9am-6pm; 1 December to 9
January 9am-7pm; 1 September to 30 November, and 10 January to 31
May 10am-5pm. Santa Park: Opens on 22 November Tuesday to Sunday.
Closed public holidays.
Admission: SantaPark: EUR20 (adults), EUR15 (children) |
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