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Haparanda

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Travel to Haparanda, visa requirements By car / Get around / Haparanda attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Shopping, Haparanda souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Haparanda nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Get out

Haparanda [1] is a city in Norrbotten.

Travel to Haparanda & Visa Requirements

By car

Most people arrive by car, either from the Finnish town of Tornio at the other side of the border, or from other places in Sweden. Haparanda is a border town, so there's a lot of car traffic.

Tours & Getting around Haparanda

Haparanda attractions and sightseeing

Haparanda has what is considered the ugliest church in all of Sweden. It was opened in 1967 and welcomes both tourists as worshipers.

Haparanda city tours

Haparanda souvenirs & shopping

IKEA was brought to Haparanda just recently and attracts people not only from Sweden but also from Norway, Finland and even Russia. It is the northernmost IKEA in the world.

IKANO is a building right next to IKEA and has several stores selling clothes, candy, magazines, shoes, pets etc.

Haparanda Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive

Haparanda nightlife, bars, clubs & pubs

Haparanda cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels & lodging

Get out

Tornio

This page was last edited at 13:30, on 25 August 2008 by Nick Roux. Based on work by Ida Barsk, KruMalee and Stacy Hall and Wikitravel user(s) Ypsilon.

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