ROVANIEMI, Finland — Here in Santa Claus Village, near the Arctic Circle, is the self-anointed “Official Santa,” a Finn who refused to give his real name, insisting he was actually Mr. Claus. A couple ...

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As Tourists Discover Finland's Santa Claus Village, Some Locals Call for Rules to Control the Masses ROVANIEMI, Finland (AP) — Shuffling across icy ground on a cold December afternoon, lots of tourist ...

Christmas is coming, but in Santa's home village in northern Finland, the COVID pandemic means that the flocks of tourists who usually start to make merry in Rovaniemi at this time of year are not.

Who: Eric and Kim Detmer of Morrison, Shirley and Mike Detmer of Littleton, Colorado Where: Santa’s Village at the Arctic Circle, Rovaniemi, Finland Out and about: Genealogical research & simple ...

The small town of Rovaniemi is already known within Finland for its Santa Claus Village, a modest amusement park that attracts tens of thousands of annual visitors for the opportunity to meet Santa ...

Northern Lights, reindeer, and the home of Santa Claus — there’s something magical about Lapland that makes you want to “Let It Go.” The real-life North Pole — the sparsely populated northern region ...

A new volume has been published in the Alvar Aalto Architect monograph series: Rovaniemi Centre (Volume 25). The collection of articles in English exploring the northern design projects of Aalto’s ...

One-room flat rents saw the biggest hikes in the Lapland city of Rovaniemi (2.7%), two-room apartment rents rose most in Oulu (3%) and rents for family dwellings rose most in Hämeenlinna (4.1%) over a ...