Press release -
Santa Claus opens the Christmas season officially – watch it live directly from Santa Claus Village, Rovaniemi
This year Santa Claus will open the Christmas season virtually on Saturday 7.11. at 19.00 (UTC+2). Join the festivities and watch it live on our Facebook page.
As Santa Claus cannot fly everyone to Lapland to celebrate this special time of the year with him, he has arranged a possibility to take part in the festivities online. A live broadcast from Arctic Circle starts at 7pm Finnish time (UTC +2) on
Visit Rovaniemi Facebook-site: www.facebook.com/VisitRovaniemi.fi and Livestream: https://livestream.com/onair/santa2020
During the Christmas opening weekend, Santa Claus Village offers nice things to do, also for visitors on spot. In the city center, shopping centers celebrate Christmas opening with beautiful Christmas windows. Read more about The Opening of the Christmas Season 2020 here.
Christmas opening launches an all-time winter season in Finnish Lapland
Rovaniemi enjoys exceptional early winter days and nights with good amount of snow and nice minus degrees. Santa Claus Village is like from Christmas fairytale with white snow cover, big and small Christmas trees and Christmas lighting.
The beloved Santa Claus can be visited every day of the year in Santa Claus Village, Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi. Despite the uncertain times, one thing is for sure: Christmas is coming.
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Note to editorial staff: You can broadcast Christmas Opening on your own channels by embedding the following code (find below):
Link to livestream: https://livestream.com/onair/santa2020
Embed-code: <iframe id="ls_embed_1603808194" src="https://livestream.com/accounts/13119819/events/9373163/player?width=640&height=360&enableInfoAndActivity=true&defaultDrawer=&autoPlay=true&mute=false" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen> </iframe>
Download photos of "Rovaniemi Christmas Season 2020" on: https://visitrovaniemi.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Rovaniemi+Christmas+Season+2020/
Visit Rovaniemi Media Gallery: www.kuvat.fi/UG7KVCHJT6
Check out our new brand video: Changed by Rovaniemi on YouTube
Topics
- Culture
Categories
- christmas
- santa claus
- arctic circle
- father christmas
- santaclaus
- visit rovaniemi
Regions
- Lappi
Visit Rovaniemi is the local tourist board of the Rovaniemi region in Lapland, Finland, and will bring you the latest stories and news from the Arctic Circle! Northern people, Arctic phenomena such as Northern Lights and the Midnight Sun, Arctic animals, events and of course Santa Claus and Christmas all year round!
Visit Rovaniemi is the city’s Christmas brand guardian. Visit Rovaniemi keeps central throughout its operations the Christmas brand values: authenticity, giving and caring, surprise and innovation as well as constant presence. Read more about the Rovaniemi Christmas brand below.
Download Rovaniemi Christmas Brand brochure as PDF here
Established in 2007, Visit Rovaniemi engages in image marketing, media visits, communications and PR, tourist information and congress marketing (Rovaniemi Congresses).
