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Kolari
Municipality in Lapland, Finland

Kolari

Kolari is a municipality of Finland at the Swedish border, which follows the Torne River, the longest free-flowing river in Europe.

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Get in

Getting to Kolari

The municipality, at the Swedish border (by Pajala), has one of the northern railheads, with overnight trains from southern Finland. Kolari is the northernmost railway station in Finland. During the winter season there is a direct train connection daily from Helsinki via Tampere; at 995 km, this is the longest single train route in Finland.

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    Kolari

    Daily connection from Oulu, Kemi and Tornio is available.

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    Aavahelukka

    From Helsinki, drive by E75 to the north until you reach E8 near Oulu.

See

Worth seeing

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    Kolari

    Pappilantie 4.

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    Kolarinsaari

    The Kolari old church was built 1818–1819 and is included in the list of nationally significant built cultural environments.

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    The municipal museum of Kolari
Do

Things to do

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    Lukkarinvainio

    A circular 3.5-km-long trail starting from the Kolarinsaari church going around the southern part of the Kolarinsaari island.

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    Teuravuoma-Kivijärvenvuoma Protected Mire Area
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    Niesikero

    An easy 2.7-km-long nature trail with lean-to shelter and observing tower.

Eat

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.

How locals move

Getting around Kolari the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-09.

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