Arctic circle Rovaniemi the Santa claus Village is these days a hugely popular destination that draws people from all over the world. The beginning, however, was modest.Watch the video from the main reasons why tourists travel to the wintry Lapland.
the buzz of watching it may be difficult to believe that it all started really by chance. The year was 1950, when the 1945 death of U.s. president Franklin Roosevelt widow Eleanor Roosevelt was coming to Rovaniemi.
Eleanor Roosevelt visited Rovaniemi was inspired to erect this log cabin. It was the arctic circle, the first actual service point for travelers. Timo Lindholm
relief work on the well-known Roosevelt the purpose of the visit was to explore Lapland and the rovaniemi in the post-war reconstruction. Rovaniemi and Lapland were Unicef, the predecessor of aid organization UNRA:no first aid items in post-war Finland.
Roosevelt lodge was built in a week
Yes, the value of the guests have something else to show, but what? Early in the meeting it was decided to build the Rovaniemi region through the arctic circle to the log cabin, arctic circle lodge, where Roosevelt would be taken as a guest. At the same time arose the idea of a special stamp, to which place send mail stamped.
the Hut was drawn reportedly overnight, and its construction was left just over a weeks time. The logs were raised directly to the Ounasjoki water bath, and a hut was built at breakneck speed so that the tabernacle would be ready in time.
Rovaniemi development Ltd, communications Pia Jokela investigating the hut’s guest book. It is immortalized in many of the brand names. Timo Lindholm
Work started in the morning at 6 am and continued into the night at 24. The men lived near the construction site of the tent and was the site of the chemical company of the chef who cooked the food and coffee, which almost standing up, eating, drinking. No longer food or coffee breaks, the other is responsible for the construction of a building master George Chapman . His other maintaining the Lapland provincial museum collections.
straight from the airport to the arctic circle
Construction was worth it, as the tabernacle was in the last minute finished. The guest of honour was brought to admire it directly from Rovaniemi airport, and the place got held her reception ceremony. Eleanor Roosevelt received the honor of being the first person sent by mail the card was stamped the place with a special stamp. The card was addressed to Us by the then president Harry S. Truman .
Souvenirs on sale in the newly opened arctic circle lodge. Matti Poutvaara/museum agency
the Case was important not only for the arctic circle, including the whole of Rovaniemi tourism. Maja became the first attraction that inspires guests to stop on the spot, to buy souvenirs and to send a special stamp with the mail.
arctic circle lodge should soon expand
the Popularity was so fierce that a few years after the lodge had to expand, and little by little it created around the current wide-area services.
a Pretty good achievement for a quickie whims. Although the region has risen a lot of new, not in the city have forgotten all starting points: the Roosevelt erected a hut was renovated last summer.
Before the tabernacle of the completion of the arctic circle was only this sign. Place it at least announced in four languages. Aarne National Languages/Museum Agency
