Santa Claus Village - Wikipedia Santa Claus Village This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Finnish. ( January 2017 ) Click for important translation instructions. Google 's machine translation is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy - pasting machine - translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low - quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign - language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary ( using German ) : Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at ( ( : de : Exact name of German article ) ) ; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template ( ( Translated page ) ) to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia : Translation. This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. ( January 2017 ) Santa Claus Village Santa Claus ' office Location Rovaniemi, Finland Opened 1985 ( 1985 ) Santa Claus Village is an amusement park in Rovaniemi in the Lapland region of Finland. It was opened in 1985. Contents 1 Location and transportation 2 Attractions 3 Awards 4 Notes and references 5 External links Location and transportation Santa Claus Village is located about 8 km northeast of Rovaniemi and about 2 km from the Rovaniemi Airport. Rovaniemi city bus route 8 travels between the Rovaniemi Railway Station and the Santa Claus Village. The bus trip takes about 30 minutes. The first original home of Santa Clause was Korvatunturi, which remained mysterious. In 1985, Rovaniemi was declared as an official hometown of Santa Claus. During World War Two Rovaniemi was completely destroyed, after then it was reconstructed again. Attractions The Arctic circle line Arctic Circle : The Arctic Circle cuts right through Santa Claus Village. A white line denoting the Arctic Circle ( at its position in 1865 ) is painted across the park. Visitors officially enter the Arctic area when they cross the line. The line is a very popular photo spot for visitors. Santa Claus ' Main Post Office : A large variety of Christmas related items, Christmas cards and CDs are sold in the post office. All mail sent from this post office is postmarked with a special Santa Claus postmark. Visitors can also specify their mail to be sent at the next Christmas, regardless of when they actually visit the post office and send their items. Rovaniemi is the official hometown of Santa Clause, it attracts more than 300,000 visitors annually. Santa Claus 's Office : A Santa Claus 's Office is located inside the main building of the Village, for visitors to take photographs and chat with Santa Claus. However, there is an `` office hour '' for Santa Claus and he may not be in the office all the time even when the Village is open. Other attractions : There are also many shops and restaurants inside the park selling a variety of items related to Santa Claus and the Lapland region. ( see Details of attractions in Santa Claus Village ) `` Northern Lights '' : it is also known as `` Aurora Borealis ''. The Northern Lights are observed on around 150 nights in a year from mid-August till early April. The Arctic Garden and the top of Ounasvaara fell are the best destinations to witness Northern Lights. According to science, it is caused by electrically charged particles from the sun colliding with air molecules in Earth 's atmosphere, and deflected by Earth 's magnetic field. This process results in emission of colorful light, visible at night. Green is the most common color in this process, while red, pink, violet, yellow, and even blue may be observable too. Awards 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. So long in 2008, it still holds second position after Topworld invited travelers to vote for their own Top 10 list over adventures. Notes and references Jump up ^ `` Santa Claus ' Village ''. Uppslagsverket Finland. Retrieved 22 July 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` Santa Claus and the magic of Christmas in Rovaniemi - Visit Rovaniemi ''. Visit Rovaniemi. Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 28. Jump up ^ `` Experience the Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis, in Rovaniemi - Visit Rovaniemi ''. Visit Rovaniemi. Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 28. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Santa Claus ' Village. Official Web Site Coordinates : 66 ° 32 ′ 37 '' N 25 ° 50 ′ 50 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 66.54361 ° N 25.84722 ° E ﻿ / 66.54361 ; 25.84722 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa_Claus_Village&oldid=818250639 '' Categories : Geography articles needing translation from Finnish Wikipedia Santa Claus Rovaniemi Amusement parks in Finland Buildings and structures in Lapland ( Finland ) Tourist attractions in Lapland ( Finland ) Christmas in Finland 1985 establishments in Finland Amusement parks opened in 1985 Hidden categories : Articles to be expanded from January 2017 All articles to be expanded Articles needing additional references from January 2017 All articles needing additional references Pages using deprecated image syntax Wikipedia infobox amusement park articles without coordinates Coordinates on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Dansk Español Euskara Français 한국어 Հայերեն Italiano עברית Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Română Русский Suomi Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 2 January 2018, at 13 : 41. 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Question: which country is the home of santa claus village
Answer: Finland