Rovaniemi, the capital of Northern Lapland, is an international, developing town of business, administration and education at the point where rivers rivers Kemijoki and Ounasjoki meet.
It is a university city, the commercial centre for the area and a city of sport and culture.
Rovaniemi is the own where the Arctic Circle winds its way through the hear of the Maid of Finland
Rovaniemi consists also of dozens of village centres that are spread out along both sides of the Arctic Circle along the banks of two of the largest rivers in Finland.
Rovaniemi has developed into one of the main centres for traffic to the arctic region to which thousands of people who thirst for adventure fly from all over the world each year. The connections for all other forms of transport are excellent.
How to travel to Rovaniemi:
Finnair flies from Helsinki to Rovaniemi many times in a day and Blue1 several times in a week.
VR, the national railway, operates also many times in a day.
Many coach companies pass through Rovaniemi on their way to the North.
The vacation area is located at the ski and hiking area of Rovaniemi, at the Arctic Circle, only three kilometres from the city.
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