Trip to ROVANIEMI (Lapland) on a Budget
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- čas přidán 13. 04. 2019
- I visited Santa Claus city of Rovaniemi at the end of March. Since I used to live in Rovaniemi for 2 years I know a lot of interesting places you can visit on a low budget.
Rovaniemi is known as an "expensive" tourist destination because of it's luxury tourism, which includes snow mobile rides, husky and reindeer safari's and different kind of tours around Lapland. This video shows what other interesting things you can do and see as a tourist in Rovaniemi.
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Amazingly well-put-together, and absolutely professional quality video. You are really, really good at this. I wish all the best for you, and to your way too lucky husband as well, of course.
Thanks a lot! :) :)
So happy to see your smiley face. I'm happy to see you doing great and make this cool videos. You go girl!!! ❤️
Thanks my Despina! ❤😊 Miss you 😘
Moving in Finland in two months and can't wait for it! Your channel makes this even more fun, i love it! Hope you make it big 😊
Thanks and good luck! 😊
Katarina Jurišić where in finland
West-ish coast 😁
@@katarinajurisic2641 Coast always sounds great! 👏😊
Katarina Jurišić its nice here
Very nice video. Would like to hear and see more about traveling in Finland. I recommend few things for summer:
Boat trip from Kuopio to Savonlinna and visiting on both towns.
Punkaharju lake area and Punkaharju hotel.
Oulanka nature park near Kuusamo.
Arghipelago ring road near Turku.
Thanks a lot! :) I will try to arrange that
Watched many Videos on Rovaniemi and i am on Holiday there now! This Video told us so much stuff we hadn’t seen in any other, really great thanks! And what a pretty presenter!!
Thanks for the comment! I’m happy you liked it 🙂. Enjoy beautiful Rovaniemi!
Fantastic video thank you. I'm looking forward to coming here next week. I want to make it about the city as well not just Santa Claus village. I'm buzzing
Thank you for your comment! 🥰 Enjoy! It’s a great place to visit in winter time ☃️
Que bonito vídeo, que recuerdos!! En noviembre 2018 apenas había nieve, vino tarde .
Enjoying the video in December as the holidays are almost here, this was so fun to watch !!!
Lawrn West Thanks Lawrn! 🙂🙂
Great content! Planning a trip & this was very helpful.Thanks for posting
Thanks! 😊 I'm happy it helped your planning.
Love this video. In fact I’m gonna use it as reference when I plan my Lapland holiday. Thank you.
I’m happy you found it useful 🙂
Thank you so much for all these tips! Very grateful and looking forward to discovering Rovaniemi :D
You're so welcome! 🥰 enjoy!
Finland is such a beautiful place and thanks for your video help me a lot to understand Finland and you did a significantly great job.
Aww thanks a lot :)
it's been hella nostalgic to watch this
My first real doc was with you, my first time and first troubles were with you in Finland, my first Ounasvaara and Arktikum as well... Miss you, gal! And thanks!
Woah just started watching your videos, great work! Keep it up
Thanks a lot! 😊
I remember being on Ounasvaara for the first time with you hehe
I'm planning to visit Rovaniemi in February 2020 and your video was just what I needed. Thanks very much for your advices and your lovely smile. XOXO.
Thank you! ☺️ I’m happy it helped. Enjoy!
see you in rovaniemi ='D
Very good and informative video, thanks!
Thanks a lot! I'm happy you enjoyed it :)
That second hand shop is one of my favorite. I just visit there yesterday :-)
It is, isn't it? I enjoy them so much! 😊
@@TootsieBlabber Yes me too :-)
I live in south Finland and here the snow is like almost melted. Great video! And btw last time I watched ur video u had 90 subs and now so many! U deserve them all and more 😁
Thanks a lot!! I'm glad you like my videos. Yea, I was surprised how much snow there is in Lapland. But that's one of the reasons why I moved to Helsinki 🙈 I am still more into warmer weather if I have to choose.
Thank you for another great video.
I learned so much new bcause I've never been to Rovaniemi.
The second hand shop looks like a Flee market and I'm sure you can find many bargains there, not to mention that from environmental perspective, it's great to recycle old clothes and stuff. Just have to mention that you look very smart and cute with classes 😉
Thanks Jake! 😊🤓
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My pleasure Ana 😊
Awesome!!😄 Great to be on your vlog!😄👏
Yaay! Thanks Kake 😎 nice performance!
thanks!!😊
Nice videos Keep them coming ! :)
Your pronunciation is amazing. You say finnish words like native 😱
Thanks a lot! 😍
Really great video, your English is fantastic by the way!!
Thanks a lot! :)
I immediately recognized your Slavic type of beauty.First I thought you were from Czechia,but after visiting your facebook page,I found out that you were from Croatia.Your boyfriend is a lucky guy.
Well thanks, I guess! 😁
Its 29 March, 2020 right in the middle of Coronavirus period in Malta as well. To pass time while nearly locked down, I am planning a long holiday in August (I do hope and pray that all around will be OK). I normally travel 5/6 times a year for one week stays. But having missed my visits this year, I am planning to go to Rovaniemi and the Arctic Circle. By the way I have already been to the Argentine tip of Ushuia. Thanks for the information.
Good luck with your plans! :) I'm still postponing all of my travels until the year 2021. I wanna play it safe. Rovaniemi is, however, amazing place to travel.
¡¡¡ EXELENTEEEE YO IRÉ...
Yaaay! Welcome! :)
Awww... You made me miss home.😢
You drove past my childhood home😍 at 6:10...
Awww that’s lovely. I hope you visit your childhood home sometime soon ♥️
Dec 24 2018........ meet santa 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰. Best christmas in my life
Were you in Santa Village? 😊
Yup..
@@irvantanriliwang6592 There's no better time to see Santa than on Christmas eve. :)
Yupppp... chrismast eve in laplans igloo house. That's best chrismas ever with my family.... 😘😘😘😘.....
@@irvantanriliwang6592 Awww 😊
If Santa park was opened in 1992, i wonder what was there before that? I visited there in 1990. I don't remember much,only that there wasn't more than a couple buildings. Been to Rovaniemi since,but not at Santa park.
Pasi
I've heard the story once but I can't remember anymore 😊
Thank you for sharing, I am planning to travel to Rovaniemi in a couple of years during winter (mid-Feb) and I would like to know if public transport is an easy access if I would like to see around Rovaniemi/Lapland?
Thank you for your comment :). To be honest, Rovaniemi public transport is quite bad, however you can manage with it, yes.
You should also visit korkalovaara and ounasrinne very beautiful places and people😍😍😍
I’ve been there many times. 🙂 They are indeed beautiful.
I am watching now but I feel christmas magic even if we are still in summer time 😍 could you advice to us where to stay on a budget hotel and next to Santa clause village thank you in advance ❤️❤️❤️
I’d say stay in airbnb in the city. It’s easy to get to santa village by bus 🙂 Enjoy!
I like this video , it is very good . Suomi kaunis maa .
Thank you for the advice. Would you recommend Santa's igloos? Or Kakslauttanen or Levin Iglut?
I’ve never stayed at one but I was tour guiding people there and they loved Santa’s igloos!
Lapland Hotel Saaga was a great hotel + a brilliant restaurant.
Check out my roadtrip around Finland... Hopefully it can help you get to know more about Finland 😀
Will do :)
Thank you for the great tips! Most grateful if you could kindly provide us with directions on how to get to Ovnasvaara Tower (esp when we are driving there in the night to hunt the auroras), are there any landmarks on googlemaps we can refer to? :-)
Jessica V.L Let me know if this article helps 🙂 www.etiainen.fi/gpsalbum/Ounasvaara-observation-tower/vwemqvho/bfecc9a1-750d-4227-a759-59fc1db77c58#z=16&c=66.50234444445002,25.766509177120724
Google maps works almost flawlessly
Uncle Ham Ok great! Thanks 🙂
Nice video again 🤗 You do great PR (public relations) from Finland and Lapland 👍
Yes, and great harm to the planet. So its a win/lose situation.
Thanks :)
I really hope I do not harm the planet by making videos. :D Or am I missing something?
Going to Lapland in February. What should I bring?? Thanks.
Warm clothes! Layers 🧤
Did you ever slip & fall on ice? How did it happen & what kind of shoes did you have on?
I didn't! :D I am very slow walker. I literally walk step-by-step on ice which might be super funny for people walking by. I do have spikes. I got them from a local super market Prisma for like 10€ or something. You can attach them to any shoes. They help a lot :)
Creo que es la ciudad mas grande a esa latitud de Escandinavia, y en su reconstrucción han intervenido grandes arquitectos filandeses de fama mundial. Realmente una ciudad muy interesante, al igual que toda Finlandia. Saludos desde Santa Fe, Argentina.
Don’t understand anything but the end of the comment. Argentinaaa ♥️ I’d love to visit one day!
@@TootsieBlabber No te vas a arrepentir. Tiene de todo y para todos los gustos.
Wondering which second hand shop it is you went to? Thanks 😊
I went to Varastotie! 🙂
Can I have the address to the second hand shop?
I think Google might be more helpful 🙈
Im going to rovaniemi in late October. I feel i made a mistake as we want to see real snow and winter what do you think?
There might be snow already in October! Don’t regret, at least it won’t be -20 🤩
The rules of hockey are a lot like soccer.
😂 If I only knew either of them
@@TootsieBlabber Then you should learn them.
Hi again miss Ana!Howe is Croatia doing in icehokey? :) "And here are the vote from the Croatian jury!":)
Hello! 😊 I don't think we have a good hockey team in Croatia. At some point Medveščak was great but not any more, I think. 😁
@@TootsieBlabber But you have a very beatiful country too! I see pics from Zagreb and i want to go there and ivestigate it!I live in a beatiful city too, it called Stockholm! :)
@@MrTimodon Zagreb is great in winter. It's been now 3 years in a row best Christmas destination in Europe. I've been to Stockholm several times and I absolutely love it. 😊
And you have Split! Hawaii in Eu! :)
@@MrTimodon And oh, those beautiful islands. I always recommend islands to visitors 😊😊
i'll be damned i drove my car in that video, what a small world
you really did make our city look lovely
Wow what a small world!
@@aleosu-ow8638 Thanks 😊😍 cause it's lovely!
Hey what is the name of the second hand shop?
I am not sure I remember. One is Vintiikki
Which Second Hand Store were you in Rovaniemi
Vintikki! 😊
May I know in which month we can see northern lights here in Rovaniemi
You can see them any time from September to beginning of April ☺️
@@TootsieBlabber Havala
Dear Ana! I watched all your videos in a row - interesting stuff with very pretty presenter speaking excellent English. 'Mukku Natti' is spot on, this is especially impressive video and this was also very interesting for me because I have never been more north than city of Oulu. (And I also have a friend that is originally from Rovaniemi) However some kind of criticism I also have to point out: that 'Tootsie blabber' is misleading!? Because of those words I nearly passed your video on my recommended videos. I was afraid that video would be some kind of "bimboing" and nonsense but it was well worth watching and proper video. So keep on making these nice videos but consider if you would like to change your "presenter name" to something that would match the content better!?
Thanks a lot for your comment. I do get your point but I'll keep my Tootsie Blabber name for now cause that's totally me and I really love it.
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Can I work for the greek Section of xmas letters.?
charalampos Tsouflidis Hmmm.. maybe you can try and ask!
Is it expensive to live there, food, homes/apt?
Well, I would say yes, but it also depends how much you earn. It could be worse :)
Is it worth visiting in summer?
I am planning this for my first trip in Finland may be around June for midnight sun.
Absolutely! There is nothing more beautiful than nightless nights.. those endless hours of sunset are gorgeous. My favorite time of the year in Finland.
@@TootsieBlabber what are the places to hike/see around? And how to get around the city? Planning for a weekend solo trip.
You can follow the same tips I gave in the video. The bus is the cheapest option but not the greatest timetable. The best would be rent a car or taxi. Even a bike could work.
I thought you had hijab on on thumbnail
I wish I did. I think it would suit me great 😍
Tootsie Blabber Ana I think the same :)
quando sono stato a Rovaniemi la cosa che subito mi ha colpito...ma come fanno gli aerei ad atterrare sulle piste ghiacciate...io appena sceso dall'aereo sono scivolato per terra! comunque l'accoglienza il calore umano è molto diverso da come si potrebbe dedurre dal filmato! non ho mai visto una persona sorridere.
It is quite different than in Italy (I assume you're from Italy). People are more introvert and quite a lot of them are shy but once you get to meet Finns they are warm and welcoming. :)
The ice slipping thing is something I have never experienced when landing to Rovaniemi, and I flew over 10 times. Sorry to hear about that.
Rovaniemi is a little provincial town compared to Helsinki, Finnish language is quite difficult to learn
Little, yes - but it used to be simply smaller. It has grown more than I expected, since I last checked.
I don't live there. I have lived in Helsinki, and so I can say: being little or big is not what makes a city or town nice.
Rovaniemi is quite small compared to Helsinki, yes. But it's equally magical and beautiful in its own way. Northern lights beat up Helsinki city lights always and on the other hand, Helsinki's sea side and all those small islands are out of this world. The language - oh yes, it's hard :D But with the right attitude and lots of motivations, everything's possible :)
Beautiful cute sweet girl
Thank you 😊
ja želim ove debele pletene čarape :D
Vunene carapice za moju Didi ❤
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Rovaniemi Finland and a girl with hijab as thumbnail? :D
All racists of the world - get out of my channel! 🛵
Title: Budget video
Starting: Fly from Helsinki
Seriously?
Yap! Seriously. It's cheaper to fly from Helsinki to Rovaniemi than to take a train. Should've mentioned that. If you book few months in advance flights could be around 30€ and if you book few months in advance with a train it is around 60€.
@@TootsieBlabber I'll take the bus -_-
Assalamalikum, I just thinking those countries Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia,Latvia,Lithuania, people are cold nature, non feeling, non warming , non welcoming, keep distance and non socializing. May be I am totally wrong.
I live in Canada, I preferred , Italian, Spanish from Spain, Greek, Turkish, mexico nations . who have a more friendly. But video is great.
I would say you’re wrong but that’s just my opinion 🙂 Thank you! 🤍
This makes me sick! again a good view of a politician. It drips off her face, attitude and her scarf. Nothing is mentioned about 'budget' except: Buy socks at the local second hand shop.
Thanks for a lovely review Gunther 🌸