Kolari
Kolari is a municipality of Finland at the Swedish border, which follows the Torne River, the longest free-flowing river in Europe.
Kolari is a municipality of Finland at the Swedish border, which follows the Torne River, the longest free-flowing river in Europe.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Kolari
Pappilantie 4.
- 02Kolarinsaari
The Kolari old church was built 1818–1819 and is included in the list of nationally significant built cultural environments.
- 03The municipal museum of Kolari
From Wikivoyage: Kolari, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Lukkarinvainio
A circular 3.5-km-long trail starting from the Kolarinsaari church going around the southern part of the Kolarinsaari island.
- 02Teuravuoma-Kivijärvenvuoma Protected Mire Area
- 03Niesikero
An easy 2.7-km-long nature trail with lean-to shelter and observing tower.
From Wikivoyage: Kolari, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
Ravintola Meän Paikka, Muoniontie 1 (by the hotel, at E8 by the railway station),. 10:00–20:00 daily. Menu tongue-in-cheek in the local dialect, most items foreign dishes with a local twist or local ones with international touch. €14–25. Kolarin Burger & Majat, Muoniontie 2 (opposite the hotel, at E8 by the railway station), kolarinburger@gmail.com. Mon–Thu 12:00–22:00, Fri Sat 12:00–24:00, Sun 14:00–22:00.
From Wikivoyage: Kolari, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Kolari
- Airports
- Kittilä (KTT), 61 km · Rovaniemi (RVN), 124 km · Kiruna (KRN), 156 km
- Stations
- Kolari railway station, 3.2 km
- Kittilä → Kolari73 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · €10–14
- Rovaniemi → Kolari124 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · €17–23
- Ivalo → Kolari215 km · quickest by road, 5h 50m · €32–45
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kolari
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kolari. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inUnless you like driving long distances or visit destination en route, a good alternative would be to take a ferry from Germany to Helsinki, then to board an overnight train from Helsinki and just unload your car in Kolari.
From Wikivoyage: Kolari, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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