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Reviews of Scandic Pohjanhovi 4 stars

Pohjanpuistikko 2, 96200 Rovaniemi, Finland

#30 of 33 hotels in Rovaniemi

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Review score

Based on 222 hotel reviews

7.6

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    7.7

  • Comfort

    7.7

  • Location

    9.1

  • Facilities

    7.6

  • Staff

    8.5

  • Value for money

    7.0

  • Free WiFi

    7.9

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  • Reviewed: 16 March 2024

    8.0
    Great Location and Great for family
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Double bed was two singles pushed together, which was not ideal for us. Pool was cold, I knew that from other reviews though so was expected it. Would be great if heated.

    Location was great. Staff friendly. Family of 5 fit into one room.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 8 March 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No bar area. Pool was a little cold.

    Nice comfortable room. Large variety for breakfast. Great view of the river.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 February 2024

    7.0
    Comfortable stay in prime location with fabulous view.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The main reception foyer, restaurant and pool area are really tired and feel very dated. There are lots of comments about the pool being cold, which actually didn’t bother us at all. Aesthetically the pool area could do with modernising, for example lots of rust on the radiators and a rather strange bar area with fireplace which had clearly not been used in decided felt like a bit of a waste space. I didn’t like the lack of a mixed sauna for families as we had to use separately ones in the male/female changing areas and would have been nice to share the experience together.

    The hotel is in an excellent location with stunning views of the river from the restaurant. We stayed in a family room in the refurbished building and it was really spacious, clean and comfortable with a luxurious bathroom and amazing rainfall shower.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 February 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    We stayed in a family room over looking the river. Our room was in the new section and was lovely and very modern.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 February 2024

    8.0
    Perfect for a short stay.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Room was a bit warm

    Good location. Comfy beds, excellent breakfast

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 February 2024

    7.0
    Great location but slightly faded
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Twin Room with View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No tea or coffee facilities in room Bathroom well worn

    Good breakfast

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 9 February 2024

    8.0
    Better than expected, lovely room overlooking the river!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The tunnel walk to our room in newly renovated section, no one mentioned we could skip the tunnel if we used the lift in the Lapland tours building! We discovered this by accident. Also constant aircon heating, I could not figure out how to turn it off despite removing keycard from the door and adjusting the air con settings!

    Was a bit worried after reading bad reviews but as we had a family room our room was in the newly renovated section overlooking the river- just stunning! Worth it for the view itself. The kids loved the bunks that pull out from the wall and the breakfast choice was amazing, I wanted to try everything!

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 4 February 2024

    8.0
    lovely trip to lapland
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Twin Room with View
    • Stayed 4 nights

    It's a very basic hotel for the price. Rovenemi in general is an expensive place to visit.

    excellent location

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 28 January 2024

    7.0
    Pleasant stay , bunks handy for families.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Rooms were a bit noisy at night

    Very nice good selection

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 5 January 2024

    9.0
    Very central
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Triple Room
    • Stayed 4 nights

    Very central Location and having bus station to Airport and Santa Claus Village at door of Hotel was superb. Good breakfast. Very nice and helpful staff. Clean room and comfort bed. Overall price is exaggerated for the standard of this hotel. MAybe it was the festive season and that's why those prices were applied.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 2 January 2024

    9.0
    Wonderful, I'll highly recommend.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The swimming pool was a bit cold.

    The breakfast buffet was full of variety. The dinner was delicious but quite expensive. The children's playroom is a great idea. My twins loved it.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 31 December 2023

    8.0
    Clean large room in a good location
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Pool was cold Shower had no door on so leaked all over the floor Sauna never switched on

    Great selection at breakfast. Lovely big room with lots of storage space

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 28 December 2023

    9.0
    Good place,good location,great food,great staff.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Sauna and swimming pool wasn’t treated with too much attention.I think.

    Close to city centre and had connections with the airport,Santa’s village,etc.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 27 December 2023

    8.0
    Great place.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Bed mattress and sauna/pool area. Water in pool is very cold and could all area use an renovation.

    Big rooms, great selection for breakfast, excellent location.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 21 December 2023

    8.0
    Smart hotel in great city location.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We couldn’t control the temperature in the room. The wall thermostat didn’t work and it went up to 23.7C one night. We wanted it around 19-20. It took an hour for someone to come and help us, then two hours for the room to cool down.

    The room was great, modern and clean. The kids loved the sledges.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 19 December 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Twin Room with View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Barstaff seemed young and inexperienced Some not helpful with little or no intrest in being there.

    Location, view,breakfast

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 17 December 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Room could have been cleaner. Sweet wrappers under bed.

    Great breakfast. Location was excellent. Room perfect for family.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 16 December 2023

    8.0
    Good location, but staff lack providing info about stay/hotel.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Triple Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    there was no information when I checked in. no instructions on how to get to breakfast, or use of the amenities. there was no real ‘welcome, here’s how to get to your rooms, breakfast is served in xyz and zyx time’ ect. it wasn’t very personal, just ‘here’s your key, bye’. housekeeping could do with a step up, and change the mugs and glasses when they have been used and not keep the dirty one there and not have them replaced. There was no room to put luggage so it had to pretty much stay packed the whole time cause the only pace for it in my room was the bottom rack in the wardrobe - there was no floor space at all! I was a solo traveller with three single beds, surely they could of put the roll away bed away for my stay, and allow space for my luggage. no idea where three peoples luggage are meant to go should the room actually of had three people on it. luggage storage was free for all.. as in, it is not monitored. staff just press a buzzer too open the door and you put your bag in, anyone can then take whatever bag when collecting. there’s no system and it is not secured. I’m not a fancy traveller at all. I usually backpack, luxury is not my kind of travel. but these things seemed pretty basic standards I would say, not met.

    the location is great and they had me in a river view room which was amazing. the buses out front to airport and Santa village are handy, and everything in town is accessible. I’ve stayed in Rovaniemi 6 times now and this was the first in this hotel. it was a bit confusing having to go underground through a tunnel to get to the other building, and instructions on how to access my room from that second building would of been handy to know at check in!

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 15 December 2023

    8.0
    Brilliant location, excellent breakfast and pleasant stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Triple Room
    • Stayed 4 nights

    It was advertised as having a fitness centre but there wasn't one. When asking, we were informed it was at a neighbouring hotel and there was an additional charge. This would have been helpful to know when booking as I wouldn't have taken gym gear (far too cold to walk to another hotel in gym attire)!

    Breakfast was lovely. Slightly limited on table spaces for all patrons. This was a great location for everything we wanted to do. We were in the newer part of the hotel which was really lovely.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 14 December 2023

    7.0
    Lovely location, modern and great room/facilities. Breakfast was decent. Can’t fault the place!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Pool a little cold, supposed it’s great after sauna but not for kids playing.

    Central location Modern (we were in newly refurbished room) Good selection at breakfast

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 14 December 2023

    7.0
    Ok for 2 nights
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Twin Room with View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Over price for the accommodation There was no espresso coffee. The decor is a bit old-fashioned

    Breakfast and location were really good

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 10 December 2023

    8.0
    Great for families, good location
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Prices at the bar and mini bar were expensive.

    Great location, only a few minutes walk from main streets. There is a good burger and pizza place just 3 mins walk away. There were loads of sleds available at the hotel for the kids to use which was great. Breakfast was good, plenty of choice and although it was busy, everything was kept replenished. We were in a modern room with bunk beds for the kids. The room was warm and comfortable, and plenty of space for 4 of us. There was a kettle with tea/coffee and a minibar.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 9 December 2023

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Good facilities, recent refurbishment The buffet breakfast was sensational

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 8 December 2023

    9.0
    Nice stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The view of the room to the river was amazing, nice breakfast and very comfortable bus stop in front of the hotel to the airport and to Santa Claus Village.

    Stayed in November 2023

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