FAQ

Where can I buy good maps, for hiking in the national parks of Lapland or the maps GT and the road map Napapiiri in Rovaniemi or Kemi?

I’m just wondering why Rovaniemi is the "city of eight seasons"? And can you recommend some page to me where I can find more photos of Rovaniemi?

I would like to know, where I can look for a bus schedule - around Rovaniemi and surroundings of Lapland as well.

I’m looking for an apartment in Rovaniemi to rent but didn’t find a site on the web... can you help me out on that??  Looking for something simple and not expensive

There are quite many websites that offer rental flats at Rovaniemi. Unfortunately those sites are mainly only in Finnish.

Some useful words
H = room, K = Kitchen, KK = kitchenette, S= sauna, €/kk = €/month
asunnot = housing, vuokra-asunto = Rental apartment, yksiö = studio, kaksio = two room apartment, kolmio = three room apartment
Infopankki web pages gives more information about accommodation in Finland 

Looking for rental flat in Rovaniemi
Kunta-asunnot Kunta-asunnot provides different kinds rental apartments by application.  
VVO, Kruunuasunnot, Ovenia, Sato, YH
Student housing foundation (DAS)
Housing agents:
Asuntoverkko, Kotigalleria, Kotagalleria, SKV, Kiinteistömaailma, Kiinteistöpulkamo, Huoneistokeskus, OP-Kiinteistökeskus, Rovaniemen vuokra-asuntovälitys, Jaakola, Takuuvälitys, Nettiasunto.com, Juken asunnot LKV, www.asunnot.org

Free flats can be found from news paper Lapin Kansa.

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Where can I buy good maps, for hiking in the national parks of Lapland or the maps GT and the road map Napapiiri in Rovaniemi or Kemi? There are any book/map shops?

You can find hiking maps from several places at Rovaniemi.

Etiäinen - customer services of Metsähallitus at Rovaniemi gives information of hiking on national parks and other Metsähallitus hiking areas at Lapland and whole Finland. Especially maps for Napapiiri hiking area at Rovaniemi.

Map Center of Finland has also webpages and web shop for different kinds of maps. They have all the information concerning Finnish maps. 

Some maps from Rovaniemi area can be found also from: 

Rovaniemi Tourist Information  Address: Sampo shopping centre - Lordi’s Square - Maakuntakatu 29-31
travel.info@rovaniemi.fi

Osviitta - Service information of the City of Rovaniemi
Address: Hallituskatu 7, Open Mon-Fri 8.00 am – 4.00 pm

At Rovaniemi city centre there are many book shops. For example Suomalainen Kirjakauppa and Kirjakassi are both located in Revontuli shopping centre. Also Super Markets (Prisma and Citymarket) have books and maps.

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I’m just wondering why Rovaniemi is the "city of eight seasons"? Of course, the midsummer and kaamos...but that are still just six then. Would be nice if you can explain that to me =) And can you recommend some page to me where I can find more photos of Rovaniemi? Thank you very much!

Northern culture is a part of nature. The rhythm of nature and the seasons create very important rhythm for life. The time has divided into eight periods, autumn-winter, winter, spring-winter, spring, spring-summer, summer, autumn-summer, autumn. These seasons have own names characterizing the season.

More about these 8 seasons you can read from our webpages. On the main page on the left side of the picture banner there is a small circular sign with 8 colours and a name of season. Direct link to the pages of 8 seasons.

Pictures can be found from media services of the webpages (on the right top of the webpage there is a word MEDIA). The page has a lot of different kind of material and pictures from the city, Santa Claus, nature and so on. Terms and conditions of the pictures are also informed on the page. You will need to fill the registration form before you can down load copy of the material from the media services. After sending the form you will receive a user code and password via e-mail within one or two days. The user ID will enable you to log on to the media.rovaniemi.fi -service. Direct link  to the media services

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I would like to know, where I can look for a bus schedule - around Rovaniemi and surroundings of Lapland as well.

Bus schedules at the city centre can be found from Rovaniemi.fi English webpages from City-info part. Timetables are in English. Direct link to the bus timetables.

Rovaniemi City mapservice shows the lines of the buses at the centre of the city.  Remember to choose theme Bus route (Bussireitit) from the map.

Bus lines are numbered from 1 to 14. From the map you can find the route and from timetable link the timetable for every route. Tickets can be bought from buses and bus-station. 

Because Rovaniemi is a large city long-distance coaches travels to the different parts of Rovaniemi area as well as to the towns of Lapland. Long-distance coaches’ timetables you can find from Matkahuolto services.

Other useful links:
Rovaniemi Tourist information 
Lapland Travel

Enjoy your staying in Rovaniemi!