Riekkola-Välivaara

Riekkola-Välivaara is a nature reserve in Haparanda Municipality, Norrbotten County. Riekkola-Välivaara is situated nearby to the suburb Sundholmen, as well as near Tjärhovet.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Haparanda railway station and Alatornio Church.

Haparanda railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Haparanda station is a railway station in Haparanda, Sweden. It is the eastern terminus of the Haparanda Line, connecting it with Kalix, Luleå, and Boden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tornio and Haparanda.

Tornio is a city in Finnish Lapland, by the border to Sweden. Tornio is mostly a summer destination or a place to visit for extensive shopping. While it may be a good place to view the northern lights, many things are closed during the winter – without necessarily being advertised as such.

Haparanda

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.

Haparanda is a city in Norrbotten, at Sweden's easternmost point. The Finnish town of Tornio is just across the Torne River. It is a great gateway to the wild north of Scandinavia.

Marielund

Suburb

Marielund is a locality situated in Haparanda Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,726 inhabitants in 2010. It was built as a suburb to Haparanda in the 1970s and then got the name Mattila after a small village in the neighbourhood.