Car rental Rovaniemi, Finland

Car rental Rovaniemi – Must Know

General traffic rules in Finland:

• Right-hand traffic
• Speed limit -  in towns: 40-50 km/h, on highways: 80 km/h, on motorways: 100-120 km/h
• Alcohol limit: 50 mg/100 ml
• Seat belt mandatory: yes
• Mobile phone: Only hands-free telephones may be used.
• Right of Way: Trams and busses have right of way.
• Obligations to carry: Warning triangle and first aid kit required.

Attractions in Rovaniemi

Rovaniemi Zoo

Take your car rental Rovaniemi and visit zoo, which focuses almost entirely on Finnish animals, although there are also polar bears and musk oxen from further north. A boardwalk takes you on a 2.5km circuit past all the creatures, which include minks and stoats, impressive owls and eagles, wild reindeer, elk, a big bear paddock (they hibernate from November to March), lynx and wolverines.

Arktikum

With its beautifully designed glass tunnel stretching out to the Ounasjoki, Arktikum is one of Finland’s best museums which you can easily get by your car rental vehicle. There are two main exhibitions; one side deals with Lapland, with some information on Sámi culture, including both traditional and modern music, and a variety of costumes. There’s a display of canoes, dwellings and fishing materials, as well as a room devoted to the history of Rovaniemi itself.

Santa Claus Village

Built right on top of the Arctic Circle marker is the ‘official’ Santa Claus Village. Don’t miss an unique chance to visit it using your car rental vehicle. There’s a mixture of humdrum souvenir stands and classier shops, and it’s just about the best spot to buy Sámi handicrafts. Tour groups have great fun crossing the line painted on the asphalt in order to be awarded their Arctic Circle certificates.

Rovaniemi Church

Completed in 1950, this church replaced the one destroyed during WWII. The impressively large fresco behind the altar depicts a Christ figure emerging from Lappish scenery. A work of Lennart Segerstråle, it has two sides, one populated by the faithful, the other by brawling drunkards and ravening wolves. Visit it on your car rental vehicle and you will be able to get there very fast and convenient!

Lappia-Talo

Get your car rental Rovaniemi and don’t forget to visit the Rovaniemi’s concert hall -one of several buildings in Rovaniemi designed by architect Alvar Aalto (others include the adjacent library and town hall). The hall is used by the local theatre company and the Chamber Orchestra of Lapland for performances.