On Wednesday, 23 November 2005 at 11 a.m., the one and only Santa Claus from Finnish Lapland will be visiting Miniatur Wunderland.
As an expert, he would like to visit the new ‘Scandinavia’ construction section and, above all, check the Nordic snow conditions 😉
He also brings glögi, the Finnish Christmas punch with almonds and sultanas, for you to try!
Good to know… ( Extract from the Finnish press release)
“Contrary to popular belief that Santa Claus lives at the North Pole, it has been clear since 1925 at the latest that he lives in Finnish Lapland, in the Korvatunturi fells.
We have radio reporter Markus Rautio to thank for the fact that we know the location so well today. He asked himself how Santa Claus’s reindeer were supposed to survive at the North Pole and, during his further search, came across the fell in the Arctic Circle in Lapland, which is shaped like a large ear. This made it clear that this was Santa’s big ear, which he uses to hear whether the children of this world are good and what their wishes are.
Nearby, near Rovaniemi, is the Santa Claus Village, where he works all year round and where you can also visit him www.santaclausoffice.fi Every year, 700,000 children from all over the world write to him and everyone can order their own personalised letter home for Christmas www.santagreeting.fi.
This year, Santa Claus will visit Hamburg before Christmas and meet children in Miniatur Wunderland. He will give his reindeer a break and Superfast Ferries, the fastest connection between Germany and Finland, will take him across the Baltic Sea in style on the red ships.”
