Rovaniemi Sights

  1. Lappia-talo

    Rovaniemi's concert hall is one of several buildings in town designed by architect Alvar Aalto (others include the adjacent library and town hall). The hall is used by the Rovaniemi Theatre Company, Lapland Music School and Chamber Orchestra of Lapland, among others.

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  2. Rovaniemi Church

    Completed in 1950, this church replaces the one destroyed during WWII. The impressively large fresco behind the altar depicts a Christ figure emerging from Lappish scenery. A work of Lennart Segerstråle, it has two sides, one populated by the faithful, the other by brawling drunkards and ravening wolves.

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