Winter holidays in Finland: visiting Santa!
The best entertainment during holidays – to go back to work to your office. With your kids. Honestly. You might think we are kidding but well believe us they will love it! Why? Because the office is located in Finland and its owner is Santa Claus himself! It’s LUMI POLAR pleasure to share with you about all the interesting places which you should definitely visit with all your family. Finnish wizard Joulupukki lives at Korvatunturi fell. No one knows where exactly he lives there but you can visit Santa’s village in Rovaniemi and Santa-Park which are open for everyone.
Meet Missis Santa!
In Finland Santa’s missis is called Muori. She lives in a country house in Vuotunki and cares about that there are enough delicious Christmas treats for everyone. Muori doesn’t speak Russian so she has a friend- guide who accompanies her during the excursion. Children can ride snowmobiles, quad bikes and sledges. It will definitely work up their appetite so they can enjoy delicious hot sausages, home-made cakes and hot berry juice afterwards. After the snack comes some creative work – children will get red caps and will help Muori to cook some treats and to create some Christmas cards. In the end eery child will get an official certificate which declares that he or she has become the official Santa helper
Don’t miss out the park visiting Joulupukki
Santa-Park is located within 2 kilometers from Santa Village. It’s where you can find Santa’s hardworking elves. To get there you have to walk through the underground tunnel in which you can hear how hard elves work hitting their tiny hammers at the walls. There is plenty of fun to do in the park. Visit the Gingerbread kitchen and try out delightful ginger biscuits enjoying it with a cup of mulled wine which are made by super-secret recipes. Or demonstrate your accuracy in shooting with a slingshot at Angry Birds site.
Children can attend Elves School and get an elf diploma or they can take part in penmanship in School of Calligraphy to beautifully sign Christmas cards up. Snow hills, carousels, Christmas toys crafting, Princess Ice Bar, a win-win lottery and so much more – a visit to Santa park will be an unforgettable experience for the whole family.
Meeting Santa
To cross the Arctic circle – that’ something to be proud of. Now everyone realizes why Santa receives guests at his office – imagine how busy he should be during holidays! But no matter how busy Santa is, he always finds some spare minutes for every guests to shake their hand and cheer them up. Don’t forget to take a photo!
Visiting Rovaniemi is like visiting a fairy tale for a family. You can send some cards to your beloved ones via special Santa Christmas post. You can go husky sledging. Ride the ice slides as fast as you can.
Christmas and New Year is that time of the year where magic is all around us, just take a look!
By the way, not far from Santa's office there's one of the biggest ski resorts called Ylläs and we have just started building our house there! This cosy and sophisticated chalet-style house with an area 284 m was designed by Finnish architect Markku Toivakka.
