Shuffling across icy ground, tourist groups pour into Santa Claus Village, a winter-themed amusement park perched on the edge of the Arctic Circle, just seven kilometres north of Rovaniemi.

The Christmas elf is so familiar now that it could easily be the first character you think of when you hear the word ‘elf’ – ...

More than 600,000 people annually visit Santa Claus Village, a winter-themed amusement park in the small town of Rovaniemi in ...

Former Bay of Plenty teacher Virginija Werder has been working as an elf in a Santa Claus village in Rovaniemi, near the ...

Santa Claus is usually good news for tourism—and locales all over the world embrace their proximity to the Christmas figure ...

Located on the Arctic Circle, Rovaniemi is proudly known as the "official hometown of Santa Claus“. Visitors flock here from around the world to experience the enchanting snow-covered landscapes ...

Feeling disenchanted after getting rain for Christmas or just can’t stand the thought of yet another year of stuffing the ...

Shuffling across icy ground, tourist groups pour into Santa Claus Village, a winter-themed amusement park perched on the edge ...

Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland and home to the Santa Claus Village theme park, has recently become a festive beacon for Christmas lovers the world over — suddenly attracting a whopping ...

The Santa Claus Village theme park. Rovaniemi, counted a record 1.2 million overnight visitors in 2023, almost 30 per cent growth on 2022, after rebounding from pandemic travel disruptions.Credit ...

‘We are still in a growth phase; this is all new for people in Rovaniemi,’ says Pia Tuukkanen, who runs reindeer encounters ...