Rovaniemi wasn’t always known as the home of Santa Claus. It only took on the title in the 1980s, four decades after the city was destroyed during World War II. As Rovaniemi rebuilt itself and became ...

A tourist season that stretches from October to March has been anything but jolly for some residents of the “Official Hometown of Santa Claus.” A tourist season that stretches from October to March ...

From meeting Santa Claus to enjoying husky-pulled sled rides under the northern lights, Rovaniemi offers a once-in-a-lifetime Arctic adventure for families visiting Finland. Why settle for a brief ...

The biggest city in Europe is not Paris or Istanbul, but a quiet Arctic town in Finland called Rovaniemi, the home of Santa ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Finnish Lapland, you can make friends with huskies. Photograph by Apukka Resort This article was produced by National ...

Get out the eggnog! Because all the fun with Santa starts very soon. Rovaniemi is the capital of Lapland in Finland, located at the northern Arctic Circle. Lying at the junction of North and South on ...

After the Finnish city was razed to the ground by the German army in the second world war, architect Alvar Aalto rebuilt it to a reindeer-shaped street grid. Then Santa came to town … As soon as you ...

Finland’s Rovaniemi is the ‘official home town of Santa Claus’, but local journalist Emma Kähkönen shows us there’s more to this Arctic city than reindeer Cultural hotspot of the Arctic When Rovaniemi ...

It’s not quite the North Pole, which lies 2,570km to the north, but for children young and old, Napapiiri, 96930 Rovaniemi, Finland, is near enough. The post office in Santa Claus Village, which lies ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Santa taking one of his reindeer for a ride in Rovaniemi © Juho Kuva You can ...