Finnish Lapland, Europe
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland_(Finland)
2025: "Lapland[A] is the largest and northernmost region of Finland. The 21 municipalities in the region cooperate in a Regional Council. Lapland borders the Finnish region of North Ostrobothnia in the south. It also borders the Gulf of Bothnia, Norrbotten County in Sweden, Finnmark County and Troms County in Norway, and Murmansk Oblast and the Republic of Karelia in Russia. The topography of Lapland varies from vast mires and forests in the south to fells in the north. The Arctic Circle crosses Lapland, so polar phenomena such as the midnight sun and polar night can be viewed in this region.[2][3]
Lapland's cold and wintry climate, coupled with its relative abundance of conifer trees such as pines and spruces, means that it has become associated with Christmas in some countries, most notably the United Kingdom, and holidays to Lapland are common towards the end of the year. However, the Lapland region has developed its infrastructure for year-round tourism. For example, in 2019, tourism during the snow-free period grew more than in the winter season.[4] In recent years, Lapland has also become a major tourist destination for celebrities as well as royalty.[5]
Rovaniemi is the main regional centre of Lapland, and the Rovaniemi Airport is the second busiest airport in Finland.[6] Besides tourism, other important sectors are trade, manufacturing and construction.[7][8] Like Rovaniemi, Inari is also one of the most important tourist destinations in Lapland for foreign tourism.[9][10]
Lapland has been connected with the legendary "North Pole" home of Santa Claus (Father Christmas or Saint Nicholas) since 1927, when Finnish radio host Markus Rautio said that Santa Claus lived on Korvatunturi, a fell in the region. Later, Rovaniemi staked a claim as Santa's "official hometown" and developed the Santa Claus Village attraction to encourage tourism.[11][12] However, this has brought overtourism as a mild phenomenon.[11][13][14][15][16]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus_Village
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rovaniemi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rovaniemi_Airport "
https://www.lapinliitto.fi/en/
"The Regional Council of Lapland develops, plans and safeguards the interests of the most northern, geographically most extensive and the most international region in Finland.
We are a statutory joint municipal authority, the members of which are all of the 21 municipalities of Lapland. Our work centres on the wellbeing of Lapland’s people, as well as the living force, pulling force and holding force of Lapland.
The Regional Council of Lapland is owned by the 21 municipalities of Lapland, which together form the “Above Ordinary” region.
The distance from Simo, the southernmost municipality of Lapland on the shore of the Bay of Bothnia, to Nuorgam in Utsjoki at the top of Finland is more than 500 kilometres. The area of Lapland, 100,366 square kilometres, is almost one-third of the total area of Finland.
The 21 municipalities of Lapland can be grouped into six sub-regions: Eastern Lapland, Kemi-Tornio, Northern Lapland, Rovaniemi region, Torne Valley, and Fell Lapland."
"Post Address
PL 8056
96101 Rovaniemi
Visiting Address
Hallituskatu 20 B
96100 Rovaniemi "
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Lappi Central Hospital emergency
Ounasrinteentie 22
96400 Rovaniemi
Finland
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Lappi Central Hospital emergency
Ounasrinteentie 22
96400 Rovaniemi
Finland