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.
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
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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 Ounasrinne.
Korkalovaara
Suburb
Photo: Xepheid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Korkalovaara is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Vitikanpää.
Ounasrinne
Suburb
Photo: Lijonama80, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ounasrinne is a suburb, which is situated 7 km southeast of Vitikanpää.
Nivankylä
Suburb
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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 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″ northLongitude
25.71698° or 25° 43′ 1″ eastElevation
84 metres (276 feet)Open location code
9GR7GPJ8+GQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1272988901OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
13471583Wikidata ID
Q103974813
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In Other Languages
“Vitikanpää” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Vitikanpää”
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