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Kemi–Tornio coastal region
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Sea Lapland and Torne River Valley is the south-west corner of Finnish Lapland, featuring the coast and the border river to Sweden. The Arctic Circle crosses the region in southern Pello.
There are commercial airports in Kemi and Rovaniemi. Also Luleå in Sweden may be an option.
Read in the guideThe main road through the region is E8, for Tervola E75. Between Ylitornio and Tervola, you can also use regional routes 930 and 929.
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Kemi / Tornio · Regional · KEM
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a bleak paper industry town best known for Arctic icebreaker cruises for tourists and the world's largest snow castle
Pello is a town and municipality in Finnish Lapland, in the Tornionjoki river valley. It stands in the heart of Tornio river valley cultural sphere and connections across the border are tight.
Simo is a small municipality in southwest Finnish Lapland. This is a summer destination and most people come here for fishing wild salmon.
Tervola is a rural municipality in southwest Finnish Lapland. It usually shows to the travelers driving the Highway 4 as a group of gas stations, and therefore offers a great place for lay-by.
a town that together with its Swedish half Haparanda is a prime example of cross-border cooperation
Aavasaksa hill was a tourist attraction already in the 1800s.
rocky islets, juniper and meadows in an archipelago still affected by the glacial rebound, with bird life and former fishing bases
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