Finland is a winter wonderland! ❄️ Above the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi
48,307
Published 2024-02-25
We’re above the Arctic Circle! ❄️ After taking an overnight train from Helsinki, we’re exploring Rovaniemi in Finland's Lapland region for a couple days, including meeting Santa at Santa Claus Village, trying the BEST wood fired salmon, and making some new reindeer friends. Oh and surviving our coldest temperatures EVER!
Reindeer farm tour we booked: sieriporo.com/visit-reindeer-farm-winter-rovaniemi…
Where we stayed in Rovaniemi: www.airbnb.com/rooms/21996167 & www.airbnb.com/rooms/818628369968448165
💸 Learn how we flew to Europe for FREE and got 12 FREE nights at hotels: adventuresofaplusk.com/our-favorite-travel-credit-…
⌚Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:32 About Santa Claus Village
01:07 Our second time above the Arctic Circle
01:25 How cold is it?
02:47 Visiting Santa’s Post Office
04:25 Meeting Santa Claus
06:42 Santa’s Salmon Place
08:22 Visiting a reindeer farm
__________
☕️ Check out our A+K Merch! adventuresofaplusk.com/shop/
📷 See ALL of our gear: adventuresofaplusk.com/gear/
🚐 Our Van Life products: adventuresofaplusk.com/blog/van-conversion-cost-to…
💻 Follow us on social media!
Instagram www.instagram.com/adventuresofaplusk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/adventuresofaplusk/
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/adventuresofaplusk/
🌎 See everywhere we have been + view our blogs and travel guides:
adventuresofaplusk.com/
__________
👋🏼 About us
Hi y’all! We’re Adam, Kathryn, and Kona, an adventurous married couple (+ pup!) living on the road in our self-converted sprinter van! You can often find us driving all around the US and Canada, scoping out the best coffee shops, eating tacos and ice cream (we're a 5+ taco and 2+ scoop household), and enjoying nature.
We help travelers spend less time (and stress!) planning their trip and more time enjoying it! Our detailed travel guides, YouTube videos, and travel resources share the must-visit local eats, popular and off the beaten path sights, and tons of tips to make planning your next adventure a whole lot easier.
Note: We’ve linked a handful of items so you can see exactly which products we take with us. Full disclosure--if you click on these links and make a purchase, we get a small commission at no extra cost to you. We will only ever recommend products we truly love, actually use during our adventures, and think you can benefit from too!
Santa Elf icons from flati
All Comments (21)
-
🎅🏼Find your ELF NAME: bit.ly/elfnamefinland ☕ Check out our A+K Merch! adventuresofaplusk.com/shop/ 📅 This video was filmed in early January 2024 💸Learn how we flew to Europe for FREE and got 12 FREE nights at hotels: adventuresofaplusk.com/our-favorite-travel-credit-… 🥾See ALL of our gear here: adventuresofaplusk.com/gear/
-
It’s nice that you mentioned the sámi people 😊 Most tourists only care about the santa village, which is a shame because saami culture is much more interesting imo
-
I Would say that Touhunen means bustling/does a lot of things/energetic. Great story :)
-
This video was so sweet. The drone shots at the Reindeer farm were gorgeous and Adam's little jokes about Rudolph being away and renewing your license were funny and well-timed 😄 Nice little break from work today!
-
Steve Dietrich here. I've watched nearly every video that you guys have made and I think you have found your element. Both of you look so happy experiencing winter and playing in the snow. Kathryn is positively glowing.
-
I thought I saw Rudolph, but it was Adam's red nose. Katherine has always been a snow angel no matter where she is. She would be the perfect granddaughter. You two are the perfect couple. Thanks for taking us along on your travels. 👍👍5🏍🙋♂️
-
So beautiful! The reindeer, the snow, the snotcicles! 😆 Y'all are livin the dream! ❤️
-
Touhunen would be like a busy worker. Or someone who is always doing something. :)
-
My uncle has 500+ reindeer here in Rovaniemi, they're pretty cool.
-
Good video and you really had good time! Did you know the fun fact, that the arctic circle moves about 14.5 meters per year because the axle of Earth is wobbling. The arctic circle travels about 250 kilometers back and forth in a 41000 year cycle.
-
We absolutely loved watching your Finland Winter adventure. Manitoba winter is so similar but their culture looked amazing. Thank you for sharing.🇨🇦
-
Another great video y'all! So much fun! Who else is binge watching A+K adventures on this rainy blustery day in WA? 🙋
-
Santa Claus is from Rovaniemi only for tourists. Actually he's from Korvatunturi, which is small mountain in the east, middle of nowhere. It's four hours of riding with small dirt road, assuming you can even get there in winter.
-
It’s been a while since I’ve commented…but we’ve been watching your vlogs every Sunday! Finland is so beautiful and this looks like an absolute winter paradise! Seeing the joy on your faces and how much fun you had was wonderful! Oh what fun it is to ride in a one reindeer open sleigh!
-
Santa!!!!! How fun was this!!! I want to work at the baby reindeer day care! Drone shots are awesome! What a treat this was!
-
Someone might have already mentioned this, but having now been to Finland during the winter, you should come back during the summer. You would think you´d come to a wrong country by mistake, it´s such a different experience.😄 Also, I really love your videos, you guys have such a genuine and wholesome vibe about you.☺ Oh and BIG props to you for bringing up the Sami people.
-
My elf name is Voitto! Which means victory or profit. 😃 My husband got Ontu, which I thought sounded way cooler…but it means “lame.” Hahaha.
-
Ok the reindeer was awesome so cool!
-
It was awesome. Thank you for sharing.
-
How cool. Love the reindeer farm
