Vitikanpää

Vitikanpää is a suburb in Rovaniemi, South-east Lapland, Finnish Lapland. Vitikanpää is situated nearby to the suburb Ylikylä, as well as near Sahanperä.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Suutarinsaari and Santa Park.

Suutarinsaari

Islet

Photo: GPSLeo, CC0.

Suutarinsaari is an islet.

Santa Park

Theme park

Photo: Timo Newton-Syms, CC BY-SA 2.0.

SantaPark is a Christmas theme park and visitor attraction in Rovaniemi in the Lapland region of Finland. SantaPark was opened 28 November 1998. Santa Park is situated 3½ km east of Vitikanpää.

Rovaniemi railway station

Railway station

Rovaniemi 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 Vitikanpää.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Korkalovaara and Saarenkylä.

Korkalovaara

Suburb

Photo: Xepheid, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Korkalovaara is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Vitikanpää.

Saarenkylä

Suburb

Photo: Xepheid, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Saarenkylä is a suburb, which is situated 4 km southeast of Vitikanpää.

Ounasrinne

Suburb

Photo: Lijonama80, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ounasrinne is a suburb, which is situated 7 km southeast of Vitikanpää.

Vitikanpää

Type: Suburb
Also known as: “Vitikanpaa”
Categories: 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

66.53129° or 66° 31′ 53″ north

Longitude

25.71698° or 25° 43′ 1″ east

Elevation

84 metres (276 feet)

Open location code

9GR7GPJ8+GQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1272988901

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

Discover Vitikanpää from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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In Other Languages

“Vitikanpää” goes by many names.

Finnish: “Vitikanpää”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ylikylä and Sahanperä.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lietesaari and Selkäsaari.

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