Kemi

Kemi feels quite out of season as it largely seems to be a summer resort town; for us, a staging post on the journey towards Sweden. A few older buildings are surrounded by more modern buildings in a grid pattern a bit like small Canadian towns.

We stayed near the sea, the northern part of the Baltic called the Gulf of Bothnia, which here is completely frozen over and has the appearance of a completely flat field - see the photos. People walk over it and snowmobiles cross it.

It was -7 outside and felt colder due to a bit of a gusty wind.

Quite a lot of cloud means we’re very unlikely to get a chance to see any Aurora displays though we’ll see if any possibilities come in the next couple of days.

Tomorrow we have to take another bus to the border with Sweden as the single daily train is very early morning.Read more