Santa Claus, Moomins And Attractions To See In Finland and Moomins Worldwide

 What to see in Finland? First, where is it? the easterly of the Scandinavian countries, bordering Russia. You could travel on Finnish Air to Helsinki Airport.

1 Moomin Shop at Helsinki Airport

Get acqauinted with the Moomins. The shop is on the arrivals side, so you can see it on arrival or departure or as a side trip.

Moomin shops in the UK are in Covent Garden and Camden Market.

2 Sibelius Musum, Helsinki.

3 Harbour market 

Fish is sold from the boats.

4 Take a ferry ride to the fortress.

The fortress dates back to the 1700s.

5 Santa Express Train

Travel overnight about 10 hours on the Santa Express train from Helsinki to Santa Claus area of Lapland.

At Rovaneimi, gateway to the arctic, you have a choice of two Santa Calus atractions, or do both. Meet Santa. 

6 Santa Claus Village.

7 Mrs Claus Cottage. 

Mrs Claus bakes cookies. 

Children can take a craft class.

8 Santa Claus ...

9 Reindeer sleigh.

With bells on it. The reindeer's antlers look spiky but they are apparently quite shy. You are asked to stay calm and quiet, not to shout and scream excitedly. A good rule around all animals.

10 Dog sledge

11 Cross Country skiing.

12 Snowshoeing.

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Useful Websites

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Muumimaailma

https://www.moomin.com/en/

https://www.moomin.com/en/locations/

https://sibeliusmuseum.fi/en/

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