Arktikum is a museum and science centre in Rovaniemi, Finland, which opened in 1992. The building is also a popular culture destination and venue for meetings and conferences and has a cafe and library to serve the customers. Arktikum is situated 3 km southeast of Ylikylä.

Library Korkalovaara

Library

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Rovaniemi railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0 fi.

Rovaniemi railway station is located in Rovaniemi, Finland. The line from the south opened in 1909, and was extended to Kemijärvi in 1934. It features direct daytime and overnight passenger trains to Oulu, Tampere, Helsinki and Turku; as of March 2014 the overnight train provided the only passenger service north to Kemijärvi. Rovaniemi railway station is situated 3½ km south of Ylikylä.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Korkalovaara and Ounasrinne.

Korkalovaara

Suburb

Photo: Xepheid, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Korkalovaara is a suburb.

Ounasrinne

Suburb

Photo: Lijonama80, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ounasrinne is a suburb, which is situated 8 km southeast of Ylikylä.

Nivankylä

Suburb

Photo: TocMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nivankylä is a village in Rovaniemi, Finland along the Ounasjoki river. The village has more than 600 inhabitants and includes a primary school. It is located just north of the Arctic Circle. Nivankylä is situated 8 km northwest of Ylikylä.

Ylikylä

Categories: village, 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

66.52979° or 66° 31′ 47″ north

Longitude

25.68109° or 25° 40′ 52″ east

Elevation

103 metres (338 feet)

Open location code

9GR7GMHJ+WC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 847904982

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

13471412

Wikidata ID

Q18663091

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In Other Languages

“Ylikylä” goes by many names.

Finnish: “Ylikylä (Rovaniemi)”
Finnish: “Ylikylä”

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