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Cycle Route Sverigeleden Karesuando–Haparanda

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Added on 15 Dec 2011,

on 08 Dec 2020

Cycle route metrics

Total distance in km

394

GPS track data

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Rights owner

OpenStreetMap and Contributors + biroto-Redaktion (biroto.eu)

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Contains information from OpenStreetMap, which is made available here under the Open Database License(ODbL)

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opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/

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https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1635576

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by biroto-Redaktion on 08 Dec 2020

Track points in total

2.707

Track points per km (avg)

7

Start/endpoint

Start location

Karesuando, Norrbottens län, SE (328 m NHN)

End location

Haparanda, Norrbottens län, SE (5 m NHN)

Signposting

 

Schild

Beds4Cyclists, worth visiting and infrastructure

Name and address

Latitude / Longitude

Phone
Fax
Mobile

Type of accommodation

Rating for cyclists

Route km
Dist. to route
Elevation

 

392 km
0,9 km
10 m

FI-95400 Tornio

 

Heritage building(s)

Tornio (Swedish: Torneå) is a city in Finnish Lapland, by the border to Sweden.

Understand

Being estabilished in 1621 Tornio is definitely the oldest city in Lapland. Today the city has approximately 22 000 inhabitants. Tornio forms a unique economical zone together with Swedish town Haparanda; the border between the countries is hardly visible.

The city has a large steel factory and a famous brewery (Lapin Kulta), which was closed in August 2010. Outokumpu steel company is biggest employer in Tornio area.

While Tornio may be a good place to view the Northern Lights, many things are closed during the winter – without necessarily being advertised as such.

See

  • Church of Tornio. One of the most beautiful wooden churches still in use in Finland. The church was designed and completed by Matti Härmä in 1689, making the building over 300 years old. 
  • Church of Alatornio Unesco Icon. Classic church designed by Jacob Rijfin and completed in 1797. The church is part of the Struve Geodetic Arc protected as an UNESCO World Heritage Site. 
  • Orthodox Church of Tornio. An orthodox church completed in 1884 and dedicated to apostles Peter and Paul. Open during the summer.
  • Arboretum Park. An excellent teaching and observation area. No entrance fee. 
  • Historical Museum of Tornio River Valley (Torniolaakson maakuntamuseo), Torikatu 4. A visit to the museum gives a good overall impression of the history of the entire Western part of Lapland. Entrance fee: €2-4. 
Handicraft
  • Smeds Gold & Silver Gallery, Kemintie 6. Silversmith Jorma Smeds forges traditional Lap Silver using hammer and an anvil. 
  • Jaur Showroom, Teollisuuskatu 8. Open M-F 12-16.30. A design gallery which presents the internationally renowned artefacts of Eero Hyrkäs. Free entrance. 
  • Aine Art Museum (Aineen taidemuseo), Torikatu 2. Open Tu-Th 11-18, F-Su 11-15. The art collection presented in the museum is from the Aine Visual Arts Foundation collection. Entrance fee: €4, children for free.

Information about copyright

Rights characteristic / license

by-sa: CREATIVE COMMONS Attribution-ShareAlike

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creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Input taken over from:

Wikivoyage contributors, 'Tornio', Wikivoyage, The FREE worldwide travel guide that anyone can edit, 13 August 2018, 00:10 UTC, <https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Tornio&oldid=3585464> [accessed 5 January 2019]

taken over / edited on

05 Jan 2019

taken over / edited by

biroto-Redaktion

 

394 km
0,0 km
11 m

 

SE-95336 Haparanda

 

Tourist information

Hours of opening

Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00 Swedish time


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