KEMI

Kemi is a city in the Lapland region of Finland, located on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia and at the mouth of the Kemi River. The number of residents is 21256 (as of the end of 2017) [6], with an area of 747.28 square kilometers (as of the beginning of 2017), of which 95.37 square kilometers are land, 7.38 square kilometers are freshwater, and the remaining 644.53 square kilometers are sea surface [7]. In terms of land area, Kemi is the smallest municipality in Lapland and also the most densely populated municipality. The surrounding towns of Kemi are Kemingma, Simo, and Tornio. Kemi is the third most populous municipality in Lapland. The word 'kemi' in Finnish means' a grassland that has been prepared for camping '. The only chromium mine in Europe is located in the town of Kemima next to Kemi. From December to April each year, tourists can participate in icebreaker tours. external transportation Kemi Tornio Airport is located 6 kilometers north of Kemi, and Finnair currently operates flights between the airport and Helsinki (operated by Nordic Regional Airlines). From the capital city of Helsinki and the western port city of Turku, take a Finnish national railway train to Kemi, which takes about 10.8 hours and 10 hours respectively. In addition, the railway branch line from Kemi to Rovaniemi, the location of Santa Claus Village in Finland, starts from Kemi. Every day, multiple trains heading north from Helsinki pass through Kemi to Rovaniemi. Because there are no passenger trains operating between Finland and Sweden, Kemi has become a land transportation transfer point connecting to the Swedish border. Every day, there is a bus from Kemi passing through the border town of Haparanda, which borders Finland, to Lule å in the province of North Borten, Sweden. This bus ride is free with a Nordic and Trans European train certificate, but please note that bus schedules on Saturdays and Sundays may be very infrequent. At Lule å, you can transfer to the Swedish National Railways train, and then transfer to the main line train via Boden to head south to the Swedish capital Stockholm.