Arktikum Science Museum

Rovaniemi's Arktikum is a museum and science center. The structure is also a popular cultural attraction and meeting and conference center, with a cafe and library to service guests. Arktikum, the Arctic Center, and the Provincial Museum of Lapland each have their own displays.

The displays of the Provincial Museum of Lapland and the Arctic Center look at Arctic culture, history, and current life. Human life in harmony with the environment is thoroughly examined. Arktikum also hosts temporary exhibits. The building incorporates several local natural materials, including Perttaus granite — the toughest form accessible in Finland – and lime-washed Lappish wood floors. Birch and reindeer skin is used to make the seats.

The most visible component of the museum, the glass corridor, is 172 meters long in total and is divided by the Kittilä highway, which is 30 meters wide. Because the entry foyer is near the southern end of the tube and tourists enter from the north, it acts as the "Gateway to the North". The exhibition room is shielded beneath the earth, simulating how animals in the North escape the hard, cold winter by burrowing beneath the snow.

Location: Pohjoisranta 4, 96200 Rovaniemi, Finland

Website: arktikum.fi/en