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Santa Claus' office
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Location | Rovaniemi, Finland |
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Coordinates | 66°32′36″N 25°50′51″E / 66.54333°N 25.84750°E / 66.54333; 25.84750 |
Status | Operating |
Opened | 18 November 1985 |
Santa Claus Village (Finnish: Joulupukin Pajakylä) is an amusement parkinRovaniemi in the Lapland region of Finland. It was opened in 1985.[1]
Santa Claus Village is located about 8 kilometres (5 mi) northeast of Rovaniemi and about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the Rovaniemi Airport.
The first original home of Santa Claus was Korvatunturi. In 1985, Rovaniemi was declared as an official hometown of Santa Claus.[2][3]
The Santa Claus Park that is connected to the Santa Claus Village was in 2007 awarded by Topworld International and placed as the second best Travel Adventure in Finland. Since 2008, it still holds second position after Topworld invited travellers to vote for their own Top 10 list over adventures.
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Theme parks and other smaller parks |
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