Travelling to Rovaniemi

Rovaniemi is situated in Finnish Lapland, right on the Arctic Circle. Despite its northern location, getting there is easy – Rovaniemi is well connected to the rest of the world via various means of transport.

https://www.visitrovaniemi.fi/plan/getting-here/

By train

Rovaniemi has good connections via train from Helsinki-Vantaa airport. The train journey to the center of Rovaniemi takes about 8 hours. Connections are regular and easy.

• Rovaniemi railway station https://www.vr.fi/en/railway-stations-and-routes/rovaniemi
• Helsinki railway station https://www.vr.fi/en/railway-stations-and-routes/helsinki
• Turku railway station https://www.vr.fi/en/railway-stations-and-routes/turku

By air

Rovaniemi airport is located a few kilometers outside of the city. The airport has good connections to the main airports in Europe. The flight time between to Helsinki-Rovaniemi is about 1 h 25 min.

• Rovaniemi airport https://www.finavia.fi/en/airports/rovaniemi
• Helsinki-Vantaa airport https://www.finavia.fi/en/airports/helsinki-airport
• You can order and pay a round-trip transportation to your hotel from the Rovaniemi Airport EUR 20/person.

By car

• Helsinki 825 km, driving time about 10 h
• Turku 840 km, driving time about 10.5 h
• Vaasa 540 km, driving time about 7 h
• Tornio 120 km (border of Sweden) driving time about 1.5 h

By ship

• Port of Helsinki https://www.portofhelsinki.fi/en
• Port of Turku https://www.portofturku.fi/en/