{"id":1539,"date":"2023-06-08T13:47:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T10:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/activities\/joulupukin-mets\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T10:36:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T08:36:53","slug":"santas-forest","status":"publish","type":"activities","link":"https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/activities\/santas-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa\u2019s Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can visit the magical Santa\u2019s Forest, full of Christmas trees, following a 2 km guided trail from Santa Claus Village (watch<a href=\"https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Santa-Claus-Village-map-12-03-2024.pdf\"> HERE<\/a> Infomap). The Forest was established in the early 2000s, and hundreds of spruce trees of varying age grow there.\u00a0 Planting spruces was originally a Japanese idea.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Santa&#039;s Forest next to Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi Lapland Joulupukin mets\u00e4 Joulupukin Pajakyl\u00e4\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OReAADXKmNE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> \n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The nature trail at Santa\u2019s Forest begins at the northwestern edge of Santa Claus Village. Please keep in mind that the path is NOT maintained or cleared after snow has fallen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/santas-forest-rovaniemi-lapland-1280x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/santas-forest-rovaniemi-lapland-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/santas-forest-rovaniemi-lapland-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/santas-forest-rovaniemi-lapland-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/santas-forest-rovaniemi-lapland-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/santas-forest-rovaniemi-lapland-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/santas-forest-rovaniemi-lapland-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the hike, you will walk along a marked nature trail through mires, marshes, backwoods and dry moorland. Parts of the trail have duckboards. Along the path there are four benches and information boards explaining the surrounding nature. In late summer, an astute and lucky passerby can pick blueberries along the way, which are a common delicacy on this nature trail. The road ends at the gates of Santa\u2019s Forest. After this, you are free to walk along the undulating gravel path through Father Christmas\u2019s forest. 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