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Nobbe Says: You will find plenty of old wooden houses wherever you go in Tornio. ome of them looks very old, and some ARE very old.
Nobbe Says: Lapin Kulta beer originates from the banks of the River Tornio. The brewery's situation makes it the most Northern brewery in the European Union. This unique fresh, light coloured lager beer is made purely using water from the thousands of streams in Finnish Lapland.
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Nobbe Says: Not much of a nightlife in Tornio, but the best place I found was Kaupunginhotelli. (There might be more out there but I didn't found them!). At least you can drink the finnish beer Lapin Kulta there. =) Come as you are.
Nobbe Says: Beer of course! The finnish beer Lapin Kulta is brewed here. So you cannot leave Tornio without at least have bought a couple of beers.
Nobbe Says: Lapin Sodan is in finnish and means the soldier of Lappland. This is the Lapland War Artillery Monument and it is situated on the road Kromitie between Tornio and the harbour Röyttä.
Nobbe Says: Another war memorial stone can be found on the road from Tornio to the harbour of Röyttä. This one is raised for 11th Finnish Infantry, who landed in Tornio with the on the 1st October 1944.
Nobbe Says: After Allies (Soviets) made critical notes about the slow conduct of war against German 20. Gebirgsarmee (20th Mountain Army), Finns organised a landing into the port of Tornio by one division on 1st October 1944 and other coming in later. Germans decided to put an end to...
Nobbe Says: The towns of Tornio and Kemi, as well as Haparanda across the border in Sweden, have a combined population of approximately 75.000. Today the region has an important role as a link between East and West.
Nobbe Says: This cannon can be found beside the road to the harbour of Röyttä. It's the Lapland War Artillery Monument (1944-1945 ). The Lapland War began properly in Tornio with the landing on the 1st October 1944. Initially, the fighting was hampered by the lack of artillery. It was...
Nobbe Says: Hartwall is one of the biggest brewing companies in Finland, and here in Tornio they own the Lapin Kulta Brewery.
Nobbe Says: The Tornio River is the longest free-flowing major river in Northern Europe that gains its might from faraway northern arctic hills. The nature of the river changes with each season, giving no forewarning of its surprises.
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Beer of course! The finnish beer Lapin Kulta is brewed here. So you cannot leave Tornio without at least have bought a couple of beers.
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Q: Tervehdys / goddagens, I'm trying to get from Rome to Eurocity (Tornio / Haparanda) just before Christmas. I am a bit tight on...
A: As I said, getting to Helsinki or Stockholm isn't outrageously expensive. The problem is from there onwards. I'm even tempted to buy a car and do the drive, at least I...
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Tornio is a small town with about a population of 23,000, just next to the Swedish border and town of Haparanda. It's actual only the Tornio river that divide the two towns apart.
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Monday the 7th - Cast B leaves Raahe and stops in Rovaniemi to meet with Santa Claus before reaching Tornio. Tuesday the 8th - The cast has a pajama party! Wednesday the 9th - The cast says goodbye...
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Tornio is a border town with Sweden by the north part of the Gulf of Bothnia. It is usually just a place to stop over on the way to/from Finland.
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Tornio church - a world heritage
One of the few Finnish sites on the list of UNESCOs world heritages is the church in Tornio. It is part of the Geodetic Arc of Struwe who built up a network of points between the Black Sea and the...
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