Shopping Napapiiri, Rovaniemi

Santa Claus Main Post Office

A place to shop in Napapiiri, Rovaniemi, budget-friendly ($) and worth about 30 minutes.

Why go

Santa's own post office inside the village, where letters get a special Arctic Circle postmark and can be timed to arrive at Christmas.

It is one of 8 curated places we feature in Rovaniemi, alongside 2 activities, 2 sights and 1 place to eat. The closest of our other picks is Santa Claus Village, 0.1 km away as the crow flies. At about 30 minutes, it slots neatly between bigger plans.

Type: Shopping
Neighborhood: Napapiiri
Price: $
Time needed: 30 min

Nearby

The 6 closest curated picks in Rovaniemi, measured as straight-line distance.

1
Santa Claus Village
Year-round Christmas village straddling the Arctic Circle, with Santa's office, reindeer rides and the painted Arctic Circle line.
Activity · 0.1 km straight-line
2
Arctic TreeHouse Hotel
Hotel of glass-fronted suites on stilts in the forest by SantaPark, facing north for aurora views from bed.
Stay · 2.0 km straight-line
3
SantaPark
Christmas theme park built inside a cave in Syväsenvaara hill, with an elf school, ice gallery and Santa's office.
Activity · 2.2 km straight-line
4
Ounasvaara
Forested fell across the river from town, with downhill slopes, a ski-jump hill and lit cross-country and snowshoe trails.
Outdoors · 5.0 km straight-line
5
Lumberjack's Candle Bridge
Rovaniemi's landmark bridge over the Kemijoki, its pylon topped by a glowing lamp meant to recall a log-floater's candle.
Sight · 6.4 km straight-line
6
Arktikum
Science centre and Regional Museum of Lapland under a 172-metre glass gallery, covering Arctic nature, Sámi life and the northern lights.
Sight · 6.6 km straight-line

On these curated routes

Santa Claus Main Post Office is a stop on our Rovaniemi, Saariselkä & Helsinki route. Open it to see the full day-by-day plan.

Rovaniemi, Saariselkä & Helsinki
Arctic Circle, fell-top auroras, Senate Square
7 daysStop 1 of 3Best Late Nov – Dec

More to do in Rovaniemi

Santa Claus Main Post Office is our only shopping pick in Rovaniemi; here is what else we recommend there. See the full Rovaniemi guide.

Nili
Log-walled restaurant on Valtakatu serving Lappish dishes such as sautéed reindeer, Arctic char and cloudberries.
FoodKeskusta$$$

When to go

Average daily highs in Rovaniemi run from -9°C in January to 20°C in July; July is usually the wettest month.

Modelled monthly averages for Rovaniemi from NASA POWER, not a forecast. Full Rovaniemi weather by month.

Getting there

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Coordinates: 66.54353, 25.84542
Destination: Rovaniemi, Finland