Every year, the small city of Rovaniemi becomes a magnet for tourists wanting to soak up the spirit of Christmas. On the edge of the Arctic Circle in Lapland, Finland, the ‘official home of ...
ROVANIEMI, Finland (AP) — Shuffling across icy ground on a cold December afternoon, lots of tourist groups poured into Santa Claus Village ... each year at Christmas time.
They frolic in the snow, take a reindeer sleigh ride, sip a cocktail in an ice bar or even meet Saint Nick himself in the capital of Finnish Lapland, Rovaniemi, which happily calls itself the ...