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22.08.2020
The Oulu Market Square The Oulu Market Square or Oulu Market Square, or usually Torinranta, is located near the centre of Oulu, on the banks of the Oulujoki River, in the Pokkinen area. Torinranta has been a trading post and port since the 18th century. Trade has been particularly active since Oulu...
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21.08.2020
Santa Claus Post Office, Rovaniemi The main post office of Santa Claus is a tourist destination in the village of Santa Claus behind the Arctic Circle, about 8 km north of Rovaniemi. It is the only official post office of Santa Claus, which is part of the Finnish postal services. It is open all year round, with more...
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20.08.2020
Santa Park, Rovaniemi Santa Park is a tourist and business center located above the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, which is positioned as a home cave of Santa. It opened on November 28, 1998. Santa Park is located along a four-lane road a few kilometers from Rovaniemi Airport in a cave dug in the Suvyanenev...
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19.08.2020
Santa Village, Rovaniemi Santa Village - is a theme park located about 8 km from Rovaniemi in Finland. Among the sights of the park are Santa Claus' office and post office, where letters from children from all over the world come every year. There are many sights in the park, all about Santa Claus and...
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14.08.2020
Rovaniemi Art Museum Rovaniemi Art Museum is a museum located in Rovaniemi (Finland). In 1986, the Rovaniemi Municipal Art Museum was opened, which is also a museum of the province of Lapland, except for the Turnelven River Valley, whose history and culture are displayed in the Tornio Museum. It is...
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13.08.2020
Rovaniemi Church Rovaniemi Church is located in Finnish Lapland, in the center of Rovaniemi. The 850-seat church was designed by architect Bertel Liljekvist in 1950. The previous church building was burned down during the Lapland War on 16 October 1944. A special feature of the church is the cross on...
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12.08.2020
Pilke Science Center, Rovaniemi Pilke Science Center is located in Rovaniemi located Metsähallitus Science Center, which was opened in June 2011 Pilke is an interactive place for visiting and learning environment for all ages. The exhibition of the Science Centre shows the sustainable use of northern forests -...
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11.08.2020
Arktikum Science Museum, Rovaniemi Arctic - Museum and Science Centre in Rovaniemi, Finland . The building is also a popular cultural centre and a meeting and conference venue, with a café and library for customer service. Two separate exhibitions operate in the Arctic, the Arctic Centre and the Provincial Museum...
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10.08.2020
Turku Biological Museum The Turku Biological Museum opened on 15 July 1907. The story of the museum starts in 1902 when the Turku City Council received an anonymous donation for 50 000 marks for an unspecified purpose. Later it was revealed that the donation had been made by Alfred Jacobsson, the...
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09.08.2020
Waino Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku Aaltonen Museum Väinö (WAM) is an art museum in Turku focusing on contemporary art. Since 2009, WAM is the administrative part of the Turku Museum Center . The exhibition is based on the Turku Art Collection, which includes, among other things, the works of Väinje...
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