Lapland Walk: Tornio & Haparanda, July 2023, Finland & Sweden [4K]

Walking from Haparanda to Tornio. Tornio is a city and municipality in Lapland, Finland. The city forms a cross-border twin city together with Haparanda (Finnish: Haaparanta) on the Swedish side. Tornio is unilingually Finnish with a negligible number of native Swedish speakers. 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.

The delta of the Torne river has been inhabited since the end of the last ice age, and there are currently. Until the 19th century, inhabitants of the surrounding countryside spoke Finnish, and Kemi Sámi, a language of the Eastern Sami group, while those of the town were mainly Swedish-speaking. The name 'Tornio' is an old Finnish word meaning "war spear": the city is named after the river.

Tornio was the scene of some fierce street fighting at the onset of the Lapland War between Finland and Nazi Germany. The rapid liberation of the town by Finnish forces may have saved it from being burned down like so many other towns in Lapland. As a result, the wooden church from 1686 can still be seen today.

Time & degree: Thursday 27th July 2023, afternoon, 19℃ / 66°F

00:00 Walk begins from Swedish side in Haparanda near the old watertower from 1919
21:00 Finnish side Tornio
36:08 Wooden Tornion kirkko / Tornio Church built in 1686

Approximate route:

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[rogertemple]

This region of Finland and Sweden is very beautiful
right now, the tall tower at the beginning was really
great to see as well as the city here on a nice warm
quiet day and seeing the buildings and the houses
is always nice to see, this was another really great
video to see here where Finland and Sweden meet
Thank You very much.😎😎 🇫🇮🇸🇪

[markuserikssen]

Fascinating that you can walk from one country to the other, in basically the same city (that's split up in 2 cities).

[CrimeApexOfficial]

At 20:23, is bioRex near a car dealership?

[dimitarkurtev]

First of all in 25:25 - bless you! I don't know how to say it in finnish, but I'm curious. Then I can say : after Sicily, Amsterdam and New York, finally the neighbour - Sweden:)) Very emblematic - to be in both northernmost counties in Sweden- Norrbotten and in Finland - Lapland. And just to be able to walk like this from Haparanda( 7th largest city in Norrbotten) to Tornio( 2nd in Lapland). In 26:00 it was awesome to see the "border" between the two countries:)) Very calm and enjoyable walk! It was nice to see the wooden church from 1686.

[RusVolvo]

Я приезжал в Хапаранду в июне 2023.
Хороший, уютный городок провинциальный.
Привет Вам из России, будь здоров.
Обнял!

[opagodaswirling]

A delightful video showcasing an area of the world little known to outsiders. I was fortunate to travel between these two towns almost fifty years ago. If I have the chance, I will certainly return for a more detailed tour. I believe Lenin came this way back in 1917.