This week was followed by an immense amount of new sensations, feelings and friendships.
Santa claus village
Taking the Onnibus to Helsinki we got on the bus that took us to Lapland. After about 10 hours sitting in the bus we stopped at the first breakingpoint on our way to Vasatokka which was Rovaniemi. I had the chance to visit the santa claus village and took a picture of santa claus, my friends and me. Santa claus was speaking almost every language and gave us a handshake while asking our names.The santa claus village is situated in Rovaniemi and is a quite touristic place and contains a few souvenir shops and restaurants. Besides that, reindeers and an igloo can be sighted next to the main building. I really liked the music and atmosphere at the place because it was extremely peaceful and relaxing.
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| Santa claus is living in here! |
The snow castle
Our next stop was the snow castle in Kemi by the Gulf of Bothnia in Finland with a distance of 1 km from the city centre.
The snow castle is a true masterpiece of architectonic snow-work done by local constructors. For the 20th time in a row the castle offers activities to children and adults. Additionally, astonishing light-effects and snow- and ice-sculpters on the walls represent the charm of the snow castle. Within the complex there is a SnowRestaurant, SnowChapel and SnowHotel. The SnowCastle is open daily from 10 to 18. (http://www.visitkemi.fi/en/snowcastle, 28.3.15)
Next to the castle lies the Kemi Inner harbour. The weather in Lapland during this season of the year is quite cold and that's why the lake was frozen. I took some steps on the lake but had to go back after a few meters because I was too scared when I heard the ice cracking.
I was told before that breaking into the ice is a common way of dying in Finland and thus didn't want to take a risk. :)
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| Temperature inside the castle |
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| Snow castle's café |
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