Santa lives in Rovaniemi, Finland. Some of his neighbours are not thrilled

Overtourism in Santa’s village, start-up race and icebreaker diplomacy: Finland in the world press

Here is a selection of what the international press has published about Finland in the last week: Santa lives in Rovaniemi, Finland. Some of his neighbors are not thrilled. Rovaniemi’s Santa Claus Village and the booming tourist industry around it was covered in an article by The New York Times on April 15.

Santa lives in Rovaniemi, Finland. Some of his neighbours are not thrilled

A tourist season that stretches from October to March has been anything but jolly for some residents of the “Official Hometown of Santa Claus.” After dinner...

After having dinner at the Bull Bar and Grill in the small Finnish town of Rovaniemi, Mariel Tähtivaara, a law student, entered a supermarket to eat a dessert. As she looked at the chocolate mousses, she was approached by a short, dark-haired woman who moved a carton of milk. “Excuse me,” she said in English with a Spanish accent or perhaps Italian. “Can you tell me if this has lactose?” Tähtivaara revised the label—in Finnish—and said no. Then,…