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EVENTS & SIGHTS 19.12. – 26.12.2016
EVENTS
Mon-Wed 19.-21.12. at 19 Christmas Fantasy - Yuletide show in the forest.
Oitolanranta, Sonka. Tickets: 25 € adult / 10 € child / 60 € family ticket. Bus transfer 5 €/person.
Tickets from Rovaniemi Tourist Information.
Mon 19.12. at 19 Christmas concert by Suvi Teräsniska. Rovaniemi church. Tickets 30 €.
Tue 20.12. at 11.30-12.00 Declaration of Christmas Peace for the Finnish roads. Lordi’s Square
Tue 20.12. at 18 Sing for Freedom – Charity Concert with Finnish Christmas Ambience.
Kairatemppeli, Kairatie 37.
Tue 20.12. at 19 Most beautiful Christmas carols. Rovaniemi church
Wed 21.12. at 19 Most beautiful Christmas carols. Rovaniemi church
Thu 22.12. at 19 Most beautiful Christmas carols. Rovaniemi church
Fri 23.12. at 19 Santa is on his way in Santa Claus Village. Santa starts his annual mission from
Santa Claus Village, where the elves put on a festive show of song and dance to send him off and
wish him the best of luck on his adventure.
Fri 23.12. at 22 Christmas concert by Lapin Lauluveikot and Lapin Ruska -choirs. Rovaniemi
church. Free entrance, programme 10 €.
Sat 24.12. at 15 Family church. Rovaniemi church
Sat 24.12. at 17 Christmas Devotional. Rovaniemi church
Sat 24.12. at 23 Christmas Night Mass. Rovaniemi church
Mon 26.12. at 18 Christmas concert by Eino Grön and Iiro Rantala. Rovaniemi church.
Tickets from 22,50 €.
EXHIBITIONS IN ARKTIKUM
Permanently: The Arctic in change - the human and seasonal cycles in the Arctic
Permanently: Northern Ways – presents the mythology related to nature and animals
3.6.16-23.4.17 Nam Nam - Arctic food, snacks and grub
2.9.16-29.1.17 Nanoq – Imag(in)ing Climate Change - Photographs by Ilona Mettiäinen
11.11.16–15.1.17 Photo exhibition by Pekka Luukkola – Sense of Time
EXHIBITIONS IN KORUNDI - ROVANIEMI ART MUSEUM
30.8.16-23.4.17 Finnish contemporary art
14.10.16-29.1.17 Jaakko Heikkilä – Rooms hidden by the water
EXHIBITIONS IN PILKE SCIENCE CENTRE
Permanently: Pilke Science Centre – Sustainable use of the northern forests.
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Permanently: Rovaniemi City Hall: Timeless – Alvar Aalto’s architecture in Rovaniemi.
Rovaniemi Library, Lapponica hall: 28.11.-30.12. Exhibition of Yamaguchi city (Japan)
SIGHTS IN ROVANIEMI
ARKTIKUM (Arctic Centre and Provincial Museum of Lapland), Pohjoisranta 4. Open daily 10-18.
Exception: Sat 24.12. closed. Entrance fee: adults 12 €, children (7-15 years) 5 €, students/seniors
8 €. Family ticket 28 €.
PILKE SCIENCE CENTRE. Ounasjoentie 6. Open Mon-Fri 9-18, Sat-Sun 10-18. Exception: Sat
24.12. closed. Entrance fee: Adults 7 €, children (7-15yrs.), student & senior 5 €, family ticket (1 ad. +
3 ch. or 2 ad. +2 ch) 20€.
KORUNDI HOUSE OF CULTURE – ROVANIEMI ART MUSEUM, Lapinkävijäntie 4. Open Tue-Sun
11-18. Exception: Sat 24.12. closed. Entrance fee: Adults 8 €, children (7-15 yrs.) 4 €, seniors and
students 6 €. Family ticket 18 €. On Art Thursdays Korundi is exceptionally open until 20 and there is
free entrance to the exhibitions at 18-20.
CULTURE PASS Arktikum-Korundi-Pilke: Adult 20 €, student/pensioner 15 €, child (7-15 yrs) 10 €.
LIBRARY AND LAPPONICA-HALL / ART EXHIBITIONS, Jorma Eton tie 6. Open Mon-Thu 9-20, Fri
9-18, Sat 11-16. Reading room and newspaper room opens on Sat at 9. Reading room, newspaper
room and exhibitions in Lapponica-Hall open also Sun 11-16. Exception: Sat-Mon 24.-26.12. closed.
ROVANIEMI CHURCH, Yliopistonkatu 2. Open 28.11.2016-8.1.2017 daily 9-21.
MARTTIINI OLD KNIFE FACTORY, Vartiokatu 32 (next to Arktikum). Open Mon-Fri 10-18,
Sat 10-16, Sun 10-16. Exception: Sat 24.12. at 10-14, Sun 25.12. closed.
LAURI–TUOTTEET handicrafts workshop, Pohjolankatu 25. Open Mon-Fri 10-17. Exception: Mon
26.12. closed.
SANTASPORT, Hiihtomajantie 2. Spa open Mon-Fri at 14–21, Sat-Sun and Mon 26.12. at 12–19.
HOPLOP (indoor adventure park for children), Napapiirintie 14. Open daily 10-20. Exception: Fri
23.12. at 10-16, Sat-Sun 24.-25.12. closed, Mon 26.12. at 12-20. Entrance fee: Children 1-2 yrs 9 €,
3-17 yrs 14 €. Adults (supervisors) and children under 1 yr 0 €.
ROLLOHALLI (indoor adventure park), Napapiirintie 14. Open daily 10-20. Exception: Fri 23.12. at
10-16, Sat-Sun 24.-25.12. closed, Mon 26.12. at 12-20. Tickets: 14 € / day.
OUNASVAARA SKI RESORT, Taunontie 14. Open until Fri 23.12. Mon-Fri 12-20, Sat 24.12. closed.
During 25.12.-8.1. daily at 10-17.
RANUA WILDLIFE PARK, Rovaniementie 29 (80 km). Open daily at 10-16. Tickets 10.12.-10.1.:
Adults 17,50 €, children (4-14 yrs.) and students 15 €, pensioners 16 €, family ticket 56 €.
SIGHTS AT THE ARCTIC CIRCLE (8 km to the north of Rovaniemi, direction Ivalo)
SANTA CLAUS VILLAGE, Joulumaantie 1. Open daily 9-19. Exception: Sat 24.12. at 9-15, Sun
25.12. at 12-17.
SANTA CLAUS can be met in Santa Claus Office daily 9-19. Exception: Sat 24.12. at 9-15, Sun
25.12. at 12-17.
SANTA CLAUS’ MAIN POST OFFICE, Tähtikuja 1. Open daily 9-19. Exception: Sat-Sun 24.-25.12.
at 9-17.
SANTAPARK – Santa’s home cavern, Tarvantie 1. Open daily 10-18. Exception: Sat 24.12. at 1016. Entrance fee: € 33 / adult, € 27 child (3-12 yrs, younger than 3 yrs free of charge). Ticket is valid
for two consecutive days!
Rovaniemi Tourist Information, Lordi’s Square, Maakuntakatu 29-31, 96200 Rovaniemi
Tel. +358-(0)16 346 270 or +358-(0)40 829 0676. E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.visitrovaniemi.fi
Open: Mon-Fri 9-18, Sat 24.12. at 10-15 and Mon 26.12. at 10-15. Sun 25.12. closed.