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Arktikum

A museum and science center of the Arctic in a glass tunnel reaching toward the river.

Photo: Leonhard Lenz · CC0
Open
Most days
Price
Paid
Time Needed
2 hours
Address
Pohjoisranta 4, 96200 RovaniemiDirections
Getting There
A 10-minute walk from the town center.

Why Go

The Arctic Centre and the Lapland Provincial Museum share the building, with exhibits on the northern lights, Arctic nature and climate, the Sámi people, and the burning of Rovaniemi at the end of the Second World War.

Nearby in Rovaniemi

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