{"id":126653,"date":"2026-06-26T12:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T10:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rendahls.se\/?p=126653"},"modified":"2026-09-29T21:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T19:00:49","slug":"we-meet-santa-in-rovaniem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rendahls.se\/en\/blog\/2026\/06\/26\/vi-traffar-tomten-i-rovaniemi\/","title":{"rendered":"We meet Santa in Rovaniemi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Has anyone missed that the Santa lives in Rovaniemi? And that you can meet him all year round in Rovaniemi? Santa Claus Village<\/a> It was just too exciting to miss. The fact that it was mid-July didn't stop us; on top of that, it was much quieter here than it would be during the Christmas holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first thing you encounter when you enter the village is the small area with gingerbread houses. These are super cute little houses that you can borrow to use as a warming shelter during the winter, to eat food or simply to recover after the encounter with Santa gets too overwhelming. We started here with a gingerbread cake, of course!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The area isn\u2019t as huge as you might think; instead, there are a number of houses with small shops and restaurants. However, not everything is open during the summer months. Of course, there are Christmas decorations everywhere, and wherever you go, you hear Christmas music in the background. One of the most fun places is the post office where you can send Christmas cards to your loved ones with a stamp from the North Pole. Here you can also see all the wish lists that children from all over the world have sent to Santa in the hope that their wishes will be granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The pole circle runs through the village and this too must of course be viewed. We went back and forth over the line a few times but actually didn\u2019t notice any significant difference. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The highlight of the Christmas house is of course the chance to meet Santa in person. We walked down a long corridor full of Christmas presents of all kinds before finally arriving at the door to the house of Santa. What a meeting it was, you can watch the video here. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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