Norrbotten, Sweden · Europe
Haparanda is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Keminmaa, 15km from Kukkolaforsen.
Haparanda is in Norrbotten, Sweden, with about 6,700 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Keminmaa, about 19 km away.
Haparanda (Swedish: [hapaˈrǎnːda]; Meänkieli and Finnish: Haaparanta, lit. 'aspen shore or bank') is a locality and the seat of Haparanda Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. It is adjacent to Tornio, Finland. Haparanda has a population of 9,166 inhabitants (2024).
Haparanda is located near the Sweden-FinlandRead more
border, at the northerly extreme of the Swedish coastline, as well as the easternmost point in Sweden, far removed from large cities. Its summers are very warm for a coastal location so far north, and winters are normally not extremely cold in spite of the relative proximity to the Arctic Circle.
As a twin city, Haparanda has strong connections to Tornio and the Finnish side of the river and bilingualism of Swedish and Finnish is common although Swedish is the sole official language and the mother tongue of a vast majority of inhabitants. In 2010, it was estimated that 70% of Haparanda's inhabitants spoke Finnish as a second language.
Haparanda, for historical reasons, is often still referred to as a "city" despite its small population, although Statistics Sweden only counts localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities. The municipality itself, on the other hand, uses the term Haparanda stad (City of Haparanda) not only for the town itself, but for its whole territory (927 km2 or 358 sq mi). At 24° 8' E, Haparanda is Sweden's easternmost settlement.
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Within an hour or so of Haparanda: Kukkolaforsen (15 km).
Haparanda is in Norrbotten, Sweden, about 19 km from Keminmaa.
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Half-kilometre whitefish rapids on the Torne border river, where fishermen still dip-net from wooden piers as they have since the 1500s. The riverside village grills sika over open fires and hosts a whitefish festival each July.
15 km · about 30 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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