Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Rovaniemi by Moskenes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Bled or Rovaniemi?
Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.
Choose Rovaniemi for
- live music and the arts
- shopping
- families
What lies behind each score is written up on Rovaniemi’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Rovaniemi.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.
Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.
What matters to you?
When should you go?
Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.
Bled in July
Rovaniemi in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Bled's temperatures are measured 36 km from the centre, at Klagenfurt.
Bled has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.
Rovaniemi has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Rovaniemi: 2008-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rovaniemi Rautatieasema / Kuusela (0.6 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Bled | Rovaniemi |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Slovene | Finnish, Swedish |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Euro (EUR) |
| Sockets | CF230 V, 50 Hz | CF230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer | UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer |
| Emergency number | 112 | 112 |
| Elevation | 501 m | 88 m |
| Main airport | Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinations | Rovaniemi Airport (RVN)8 km from centre44 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 21 days | 15 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Bled | Rovaniemi |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 4,969 | 65,329 |
| People per km² | 26 | 9 |
| Museums within 10 km | 4 | 6 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 3 | 0 |
Where else could you go?
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