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Santa Claus Main Post Office

Welcome To Santa Claus' Main Post Office!

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Santa Claus’ Main Post Office—the only official Santa Claus’ post office—is part of the official network of Finland’s post office, Posti. At the Arctic Circle, you can enjoy the atmosphere of Christmas every day of the year. Merry Postal Elves warmly welcome you in seven different languages!

Opening hours & how to find us >

Santa Claus' Post Office 

On the Arctic Circle you will find Santa's official post office run by him and his elves. In the midst of scenic nature in Finnish Lapland, Santa’s Main Post Office forms a postal center for more than half a million letters he receives each Christmas.

At the post office you can enjoy Christmas atmosphere everyday of the year. Drop your greetings into an unique Christmas mailbox which operates on a special Christmas timetable - the letters will be delivered to the recipient just before Christmas no matter what time you post them!

At the Post office you will find a wide assortment of Christmas souvenirs, gift items, unique stamps and postcards. You can order products with Santa Claus’ Main Post Office logo also from the online store. 

 

 

Santa's official address at the Arctic circle

Since 1985, Santa Claus has received approximately 17 million letters from almost 200 countries to his Arctic Circle address which is regarded as “Santa’s official North Pole residence”. During the busiest holiday season Santa receives almost 30 000 letters a day. You can also write a letter to Santa Claus. Santa's address is:

Santa Claus
Santa Claus' Main Post Office
Tähtikuja 1
96930 Arctic Circle, FINLAND

You are warmly welcome to visit Santa Claus’ Main Post Office every day of the year! You can find us in the Santa Claus Village at the North Pole, approximately eight kilometers north of the city of Rovaniemi.
Santa's letter

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With the letter you get an official Certificate of Niceness signed by Santa Claus himself. 

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The Postal elves from the Arctic Circle introduce themselves

It's an honor to be the official post office of Santa Claus and to look after Santa’s correspondence. Get to know Santa's lovely elves: Reader the Letter Elf, Mail Elf Luke Lichenfoot and Stamp Elf Serenity Snowball.

Get to know Santa's postal elves > 

Get to know Santa's elves
Santa's address in the Arctic Circle

Send a card from Santa Claus’ Main Post Office – you will get the unique Arctic Circle postmark

All postcards, letters and parcels you send from Santa Claus’ Main Post Office are stamped with a very special Arctic Circle postmark that is not in use anywhere else in the world.

You can put your letter in a regular mailbox or choose to drop your greetings into the unique Christmas mailbox. Anything you drop into the Christmas mailbox will be delivered to the recipient just before Christmas!

11 questions about Christmas

The Post office elves answer children’s questions about Christmas

How does Santa Claus have time to deliver presents to every child, and what happens to naughty children? The elves at Santa Claus’ main post office answer children’s questions about Christmas.

11 questions about Christmas >

The elves at Santa Claus’ main post office answer children’s questions about Christmas.

Opening hours &
how to find us

Post Office under renovation

Post Office is under renovation and closed from September 15 to November 4, 2018. Santa is renewing his Main Post Office so that all the nice people from around the world will receive their presents on time next Christmas. You can find the nearest Posti outlet until October at: Koskikatu 27, 96100 ROVANIEMI, Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–8 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

Opening hours:

7.1.–31.5.   10–17
1.6.–31.8.   9–18
1.9.-8.9.    10-17
9.9.-4.10.   closed
5.10.–30.11.   10–17
1.9.–30.11.   10–17
1.12.–6.1.   9–19


Here are the exceptions to our opening hours:

9.9.-4.10.
  closed
24.12.   9–17
25.12.   9–17
31.12.   9–17
1.1.   12–17


How to find us: 
Santa Claus
Santa Claus' Main Post Office
Tähtikuja 1
96930 Arctic Circle, FINLAND

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