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Helsinki is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Helsinki’s harbor is an integral part of the city, whose important landmarks overlook it.

The harbor is also a popular gathering point, with an open-air market of local farmers, craftsmen, food producers, and fishermen, who sell directly from their boats. The historic 1889 market hall shelters more food vendors, but the outdoor market is a year-round tradition, protected by tarps and tents in the winter. Stretching from one side of the Market Square, the open area of the Esplanadi is where the entire city seems to gather on summer evenings. The tree-lined seafront is bordered by elegant buildings and the Kappeli Restaurant, whose terrace is especially popular on summer evenings.

Rovaniemi is a city and municipality in Finland.  The Arctic Circle runs across northern Finland, right through the town of Rovaniemi, giving it claim to be the Gateway to the Arctic.

In the summer, this means the famous Midnight Sun. Additionally, from late May to early August the sun never drops far enough for it to get dark. Locals are out enjoying their great outdoors throughout these “White Nights” and welcome tourists to join them. Rovaniemi is in the center of a vast natural area of rushing rivers for canoeing, swimming, or fishing, with trails alongside them for hiking and cycling. The city is best known as the home of Santa Claus, right beside the Arctic Circle at Santa Claus Village.