Flying to Lapland: Direct flights to Rovaniemi (RVN)

From Rovaniemi Airport you can catch a bus or a taxi either to Santa Claus Village or Rovaniemi downtown.

Travel by ground

Trains from Helsinki to Rovaniemi depart multiple times a day. The Northernmost train station can be found in Kemijärvi, but for the easiest connections around Lapland Rovaniemi offers you a great layover place. In Rovaniemi you can stay at Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus, Santa’s Hotel Rudolf or Santa’s Igloos Arctic Circle.

Domestic buses take you to Lapland from all over Finland. You can also reach Finnish Lapland by bus from Norway and Sweden. You can reach all of our destinations by bus.

See different buses from here:

For experienced drivers a rental car can also be an option. If you feel wary of driving in dark, snowy and icy conditions, we recommend weighing your options carefully.

Welcome to Lapland!

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The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Santa’s Hotels.

Great Place To Work® Certification™ is the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience – specifically, how consistently they experience a high-trust workplace.

Great Place to Work Certification is recognized worldwide by employees and employers alike and is the global benchmark for identifying and recognizing outstanding employee experience. Every year, more than 10,000 companies across 60 countries apply to get Great Place To Work-Certified.

Santa’s Hotels is a Lappish, family-owned hotel chain operating in six destinations in Lapland and at the Arctic Seaside. We provide high-quality hotel accommodation and restaurant services in Rovaniemi, Luosto, Levi, Saariselkä, Kilpisjärvi and Kalajoki. The Santa’s Hotels chain employs approximately 150 people year-round and approximately 300 people during the high season.

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“We would like to thank our entire staff and partners for your contribution to achieving this honor – your professionalism and hard work are an essential part of making the award possible!” Says the owner family of Hotel Santa Claus Oy with gratitude.

Hotel Santa Claus Oy is part of the Lappish family-owned Santa’s Hotels chain, and Santa’s Hotels is part of the Sava-Group. In 1993, Seppo Aho joined Saariselkä Tunturihotellit as the main shareholder. Over the years, the Santa’s Hotels family has grown to Rovaniemi, Levi, Luosto, Kilpisjärvi and Kalajoki.

Hotel Santa Claus Oy was founded in 2000. The CEO is Sanna Sandgren. The locations of Hotel Santa Claus Oy are Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus, Santa’s Igloos Arctic Circle and Santa’s Hotel Rudolf.

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Need a rental car? With our contract code, all Santa’s Hotels guests can now get a 10% discount on Europcar rental rates in Finland and Tromso, Norway (online reservations prepaid & payment upon pick-up). You will receive the code by request from the sales team or reception after booking your accommodation. Please note that the code works according to the availability of contract priced cars.

To rent a car, simply go to: www.europcar.com

Add the code you receive to the “I have a negotiated rate” field on the search page and the 10% discount will be activated.

The code is valid until the end of January 2026.

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