Vaarala
Vaarala is a suburb in Rovaniemi, South-east Lapland, Finnish Lapland. Vaarala is situated nearby to the suburb Nivavaara, as well as near Mykkälä.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Santa Claus Village and Santa Claus‘ Main Post Office.
Santa Claus Village
Theme park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santa Claus Village is an amusement park in Rovaniemi, a city in the Lapland region of Finland. It was opened in 1985. Santa Claus Village is situated 3 km northwest of Vaarala.
Santa Claus‘ Main Post Office
Post office
Photo: Ulla, Public domain.
Santa Claus' Main Post Office is a tourist destination in Santa Claus Village in the Arctic Circle, about 8 km north of Rovaniemi. It is the only official Santa Claus´ Post Office and part of the Finnish postal services. Santa Claus‘ Main Post Office is situated 3 km northwest of Vaarala.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ounasrinne.
Ounasrinne
Suburb
Photo: Lijonama80, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ounasrinne is a suburb, which is situated 4½ km southwest of Vaarala.
Vaarala
- Type: Suburb
- Categories: quarter, part of city or town or population center, and locality
- Location: Rovaniemi, Rovaniemi, South-east Lapland, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
66.52073° or 66° 31′ 15″ northLongitude
25.87607° or 25° 52′ 34″ eastElevation
120 metres (394 feet)Open location code
9GR7GVCG+7COpenStreetMap ID
node 1241068512OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
“Vaarala” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Vaarala”
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