Name: 聖誕老人故鄉的黑暗歷史？BBC Global 帶你揭密！ (The dark history of Santa's official hometown | BBC Global)
Uploaded: 2025-12-25T21:01:10.000Z
Duration: 5 min 21 s

This is capital of Lapland and the home of the Santa Claus.

這裡是拉普蘭的首府，也是聖誕老人的故鄉。

I'm originally from up north from a very small village.

我原本來自北方一個非常小的村莊。

In 1980s when this place was created, the local people used to come here and watch the tourists what they doing.

在 1980 年代，當這個地方剛建立時，當地人會來這裡看觀光客在做什麼。

And they were listening to different languages.

So tourists was the attraction for the local people.

所以對當地人來說，觀光客本身就是一種吸引力。

看到來自國外的人是件很新奇的事。

You have to remember it was like almost 40 years ago.

你必須記得，那差不多是 40 年前的事了。

Nowadays, Rovaniemi is very popular place to visit.

如今，羅瓦涅米已成為非常熱門的旅遊地點。

Last year almost a million travelers came to Rovaniemi Airport.

去年，幾乎有一百萬名旅客抵達羅瓦涅米機場。

But it all started with this Roosevelt Cottage.

但這一切都始於這棟羅斯福小屋。

In the Second World War, Finland became allies with Germany.

在第二次世界大戰期間，芬蘭成為德國的盟友。

In 1941, after Finland signed an armistice with the Soviet Union, it was required to drive out the German troops.

1941 年，芬蘭與蘇聯簽署停戰協議後，被要求驅逐德軍。

This led to the seven month Lapland War between Finland and Germany.

這導致芬蘭與德國之間長達七個月的拉普蘭戰爭。

As the German troops were retreated up north, they employed a scorched earth policy.

德軍撤退至北方時，採取了焦土政策。

There was nothing left, only few buildings.

幾乎什麼都沒留下，只剩下少數建築。

And when people started to come back to their homes, they saw the whole town was burnt down.

當人們開始回到家園時，看到整座城鎮都被燒毀了。

Reconstruction era started quite quickly.

The famous architect Alvar Aalto came to Rovaniemi and he made some city plans.

著名建築師阿爾瓦・阿爾托來到羅瓦涅米，並規劃了城市藍圖。

For example, it's called Reindeer Antler plan.

其中一個例子就是「馴鹿鹿角計畫」。

If you see the map, you can see there is reindeer head and the antlers are the roads which are going up.

如果你看地圖，可以看到像是一顆馴鹿的頭，而鹿角就是向外延伸的道路。

We got a lot of help from abroad, from United States and from Europe and different organizations.

我們獲得了來自國外的許多幫助，包括美國、歐洲以及各種組織。

In 1950, the city got informed that Eleanor Roosevelt was coming to visit Rovaniemi.

1950 年，城市收到通知，艾蓮娜・羅斯福將前來造訪羅瓦涅米。

Actually there was almost nothing to see here.

但實際上，這裡幾乎沒有什麼可看的。

And someone remembered that there is Arctic Circle here, that there used to be an Arctic Circle sign beside the road.

有人想起這裡有北極圈，路邊曾經有一個北極圈的標誌。

Someone got the idea that maybe we can build a small house there and organize some kind of festivities.

於是有人想到，也許可以在那裡建一棟小屋，並舉辦一些活動。

They got land from the local teacher and it was not even located in the Arctic Circle.

他們從當地一位老師那裡取得土地，而那個位置甚至不在真正的北極圈上。

They had only one week in the river Kemiuki.

他們只有一週的時間，在凱米河上施工。

They were floating tiloks and some people went there and they took the locks from the river to the building site.

他們將木材順著河流漂送，有人把木頭從河裡拉到建築工地。

And there were two groups of working people who started to make this cabin all around the clock.

有兩組工人輪班日夜不停地建造這間小屋。

They were putting on the door when Eleanor Roosevelt's plane was landing.

當艾蓮娜・羅斯福的飛機降落時，他們才剛把門裝上。

When it was built, this whole area was totally empty.

There was nothing, only a small road going over there.

什麼都沒有，只有一條小路通往那裡。

And people who were working there - the young women - they stayed there the whole summer.

在那裡工作的年輕女性整個夏天都待在那裡。

So they were working and living in that cottage, actually.

她們其實就是在那棟小屋裡工作、生活。

This is a place where all these tourism started in 1950.

這裡正是 1950 年拉普蘭觀光的起點。

This cottage was there many decades, the only place to visit.

這棟小屋在數十年間，都是唯一的觀光景點。

And from 1970s onwards, they started to expand the area.

從 1970 年代開始，這個區域逐漸擴展。

And nowadays, Arctic Circle is huge place and the most visited place.

如今，北極圈已成為一個龐大且最受歡迎的旅遊地點。

It's quite nice that we have survived and turned something so harsh to something so nice.

能夠挺過那麼艱困的時期，並將一切轉變成如此美好的樣貌，真的很令人欣慰。

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