Editing Rovaniemi (section)

==In popular culture==
[[File:Lordi Square Rovaniemi.jpg|thumb|Hand prints and signatures of [[Lordi]]'s line-up at the time can be seen at the [[Lordi's Square]]]]

A 1996 Christmas episode of ''[[Tots TV]]'' called "Lapland Out" took place in Rovaniemi.

The 1998 Spanish romantic film ''[[Lovers of the Arctic Circle]]'' ''(Los amantes del Círculo Polar)'', by director [[Julio Medem]], partly takes place in Rovaniemi.

Rovaniemi appears in the [[video game]] ''[[Tom Clancy's EndWar]]'' as a possible battlefield. In the game, Rovaniemi houses military facilities critical to a [[missile shield]] for a [[federal Europe|European Federation]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://endwargame.us.ubi.com/locations.php |title=Locations |author=Ubisoft |publisher=[[Ubisoft]] |year=2008 |access-date=1 April 2011|author-link=Ubisoft }}</ref>

Rovaniemi is a central scene in a documentary film ''[[Reindeerspotting]]''.

TV-Star [[Bam Margera]] and his friends travelled to Rovaniemi in their film ''[[Bam Margera Presents: Where the ♯$&% Is Santa?]]'' in order to find Santa Claus who is assumed to live in Rovaniemi.

A version of the music video for [[Lordi]]'s song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" was filmed near Rovaniemi for the opening of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2007|2007 Eurovision Song Contest]].<ref>{{cite video | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M6px6Ynm90  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/_M6px6Ynm90| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live| title=Hard Rock Hallelujah Special Edition | medium=YouTube video | location=Rovaniemi}}{{cbignore}}</ref> After winning the contest, a square called the [[Lordi's Square]] (''Lordin aukio'') in the city center of Rovaniemi has been named after the band.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.kaleva.fi/uutiset/pohjois-suomi/sampo-aukiosta-runnottiin-lordi-aukio/85191/ | title= Sampo-aukiosta runnottiin Lordi-aukio | last= Laine | first= Senni | date= May 30, 2006 | publisher= [[Kaleva (newspaper)|Kaleva]] | access-date= December 17, 2021 | language = fi}}</ref>

The video for the [[Nightwish]] single "[[The Islander (song)|The Islander]]" was filmed in Rovaniemi by Stobe Harju.

[[File:Rovaniemi McDonald 01.jpg|thumb|McDonald's location at Rovaniemi, formerly the northernmost McDonald's in the world from 1997 to 2013 and from 2022 to 2024.]]
Rovaniemi used to have the northernmost location of any [[McDonald's]] in the world from 1997<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/worlds-first-arctic-mcdonalds-opens-77808657.html|title=World's First Arctic McDonald's Opens|last=McDonald's|website=Prnewswire.com|access-date=24 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://money.cnn.com/1997/12/05/bizbuzz/mcdonalds/ | title=McDonald's goes north - Dec. 5, 1997 }}</ref> until the opening of a McDonald's in [[Murmansk]] in 2013, 23 years after it first opened in that country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://barentsobserver.com/en/business/2013/07/queuing-worlds-northernmost-big-mac-02-07|title=Queuing up for world's northernmost Big Mac|website=Barentsobserver.com|access-date=24 December 2017}}</ref> However, the title of the northernmost in the world returned to Rovaniemi in 2022, when in response to [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russia's invasion of Ukraine]], all Russian McDonald's restaurants were closed, and rebranded to [[Vkusno i tochka]].<ref>[https://www.dailyo.in/politics/mcdonalds-russia-exit-ukraine-war/story/1/35910.html 'Until we meet again,' McDonald’s tells Russia as it exits the country for good] - ''DailyO''</ref> In January 2024, Rovaniemi once again lost the title of having the northernmost McDonald's in the world as a new restaurant opened in [[Tromsø]], Norway.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mcdonalds.com/no/nb-no/om-oss/presserom/artikler/na-kommer-vi-til-nord-norge.html | title=McDonald's satser stort i Norge. – Nå kommer vi til Nord-Norge! }}</ref>

Rovaniemi appears as one location of [[Gavin Lyall]]'s 1963 book ''The Most Dangerous Game'', a spy-thriller set in [[Lapland (Finland)|Lapland]] and the northern [[USSR]].

Rovaniemi was featured in the first episode of ''[[The Reluctant Traveler]]''.

[[Hallmark Media]]'s 2024 television film ''[[The Finnish Line]]'' features scenes shot in Santa Claus Village.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000010821859.html|title=Kliseisistä jouluelokuvista tunnettu amerikkalaisyhtiö julkaisee Suomeen sijoittuvan romanttisen komedian|first=Lotta|last=Mikkilä|work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]]|date=8 November 2024|access-date=13 December 2024|language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.is.fi/tv-ja-elokuvat/art-2000010876150.html|title=Lapissa kuvattu rakkauselokuva hurmasi amerikkalaiset – yksi asia kiinnittää suomalaiskatsojan huomion|first1=Paula|last1=Myllykoski|first2=Pauliina|last2=Leinonen|work=[[Ilta-Sanomat]]|date=8 December 2024|access-date=13 December 2024|language=fi}}</ref>