45 minutes before I need to be at the airport. But I'm sweaty. Is there a sauna that I could visit? Yes there is. Santa's sauna.
I visited the Santasport facility on the Ounasvaara hill in Rovaniemi, right after hiking and skiing Ounasvaara ski hill.
Santasport is a sports university, community swimming pool, children's play facility, sports arena for many sports, and a hotel all turned into one. Nice concept!
Entrance fee for the swimming for 8.5€, quite affordable. There's one big and quite nice sauna, and a number of different pools:
Recommended!
Photos (c) 2018 by Jari Arkko. All rights reserved.
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