Our overland route in Finland

We took the car ferry from Talinn in Estonia and set foot on the Scandinavian Peninsula at Helsinki on 31 August 2018.

Finland - Postcards from Santa's hometown

Location: Santa's Main Post Office, Santa Clause Village, 
                 8km northeast of Rovaniemi, Finland
Date: 4 Sept 2018

At this time of the year, the most fun thing to do is to visit Santa's Main Post Office...

Finland - Visiting Santa's home

Location: Santa Clause Village, 8km northeast of Rovaniemi, Finland

As I was growing, I always thought that Santa Clause was someone you see in the mall or on TV at Christmas time. I did not know that there was such a place as Lapland and Santa's hometown until a few years back when chatting with a colleague at work about places we have been too. Since then, Lapland was on my list of places to visit if ever I find myself in Finland.

Though it was not winter when we got here, with a little imagination, you could still feel the magic in the atmosphere. The place was not overtly crowded. We had a pleasant morning walking around.
Up to 1985, Santa's home was further up north at the village of Korvatunturi in Finland. Since 1985, Rovaniemi became Santa Claus' 'official' hometown.

Finland - Crossing the Arctic Circle Line

Location: Arctic Circle Line, Santa Clause Village, Lapland, Finland.

In 2017 we crossed the Equator Line at Kalimantan, Indonesia. 

This year we crossed the Arctic Circle Line for the first time at Santa Claus Village in Lapland. 

Our Sorento gets to do it too... on our way towards Sweden later on near Vietonen.

The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles and is the northern most circle among the five major circles of latitude on the world map.