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Santa Claus Has His Own Hotel in Finland

amandak — 2007-12-19T09:26:28-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/SantaClausHotel.jpg" class="imgborder"> When you're choosing a hotel for a Christmas vacation, you can't get a much more appropriate choice than the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Clarion+Hotel+Santa+Claus/local/1029">Clarion Hotel Santa Claus</a> in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland. The Santa Claus Hotel is just a few miles away from the official home of <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2006/8/24/114444/755/travel/Will+the+Real+Santa+Please+Stand+Up%3F">the real Santa</a> on the Arctic Circle and is a popular choice for Christmas visitors to Finland.Like many Lapland hotels, the functionality wins over from looks when you see the Santa Claus Hotel from the outside--but if you're visiting at Christmas time, the daylight only lasts a couple of hours so you'll probably never get a good look at the architecture anyway.The character of a Christmas in Rovaniemi comes more from the activities

Room With a Killer View: A Finnish White Christmas

amandak — 2007-11-21T09:16:39-05:00

<![CDATA[ We are suckers for a room with a killer view.  We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/KillerViewLuostotunturi.jpg" class="imgborder">Dreaming of a white Christmas yet? Here's the perfect killer view for Christmas, courtesy of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Luostotunturi+Hotel/local/991">Luostotunturi Hotel</a> in the middle of

A Budget Hotel Find for Helsinki

amandak — 2007-07-03T11:14:30-05:00

Finland's not known as the land of cheap travel, but if you're swinging by Helsinki then a stay at the Hotel Matinlahti won't completely destroy your budget.

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Igloos, Rocking Chairs and Singles Weeks at Kakslauttanen

amandak — 2007-03-29T09:00:28-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/kakslauttanen.jpg" class="imgborder"/>You might not be able to pronounce it, but you probably would enjoy a holiday at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Kakslauttanen+Hotel+and+Igloo+Village/local/433">Kakslauttanen Hotel and Igloo Village</a> in far northern Finland. If you go in winter, you can sleep in an igloo made from snow (yeah, you might think they're all made from snow, but just wait a second). The snow igloos have a constant temperature of between 21 and 27 degrees F, so combined with the thick sleeping back they give you, you should survive the night.But if you're more into comforts, you can try their special glass igloos. Kakslauttanen says these glass igloos are "based on our wild idea and vision" and they're made from a "very special" thermo glass.

Amazing Race 10 Hotel Update: Washing Off The Finnish Dirt

markj — 2006-11-13T11:45:31-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/hotel_kamp_duck.png"> What you hear about those Scandinavians is true--they are much larger in person, well, at least their hotel rooms are. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Kamp/local/105">Hotel Kämp</a> in the middle of Helsinki has some of the most spacious rooms in the city. Since the remaining Amazing Race teams spent the day getting dirty in Finland, we think the CBS suits should have put them up for the night at Hotel Kämp, a swank Helsinki hotel. Not only is this hotel in the center of everything, but the hotel also offers a <a href="http://www.hotelkamp.fi/en/Guest_services/laundry">laundry service for in house guests</a>. Very nice. As far as we know Phil and CBS made the teams continue racing without a night to catch their breath, however,