Simonniemi's Local History Museum
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The area has a historic church site and an ancient cemetery with several birches growing, a little further away from the birch forest peeks a large pine tree. Centuries ago, the Markkina has been a major religious center in Western Lapland. Nevertheless, people could sacrifice on the old seita in case faith in Christ would not be effective.
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Pello's Local History Museum
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The two-storey granary is from Jolmanpää in the village of Pello, it was donated to the museum in 1979. The oldest history is told by Stone Age objects found in the area. The museum also has a fine collection of lures, among other things.
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Database of Cultural Environment
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The data in the Cultural Environment -Website offers a located information of the cultural history sights in Finland. The objects of the data in the cultural environment are most often also located on the map, either as location points or as area boundaries. Location information on the site lists the exact coordinates of the sight and description.
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Orhinselänniemi
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In addition to the magnificent sandy beaches, you can marvel at the old tar grave. Orhinselänniemi, located in the coastal protection program area, is the most popular place to visit in the area and can be reached both by land along the path and by water by landing at the pier.
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Keminmaan kotiseutumuseo
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The museum displays objects telling the history of Keminmaa. Upstairs you can discover the lost river fishing tradition. The Museum is maintained by the Keminmaa Society. Next to the museum is Finland's northernmost greystone church, St. Michael's Church, built in the 16th century. The new church in Keminmaa was completed in 1827.
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Tornio Valley Museum
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In addition to the permanent exhibition, the museum has 2-4 changing exhibitions each year. The Museum is a regional museum responsible for the cities of Tornio, Haparanda and Kemi, as well as the municipalities of Simon, Tervola, Keminmaa, Ylitornio, Pello, Kolari and Muonio. In 2014, the museum became the only cross-border museum in the world.
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Kukkola's Fishing Museum
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The fishing museum is located on the old fishing ground in Kukkolaforsen, with two mills from the 19th century as well as fishing sheds, a sawmill and a village workshop.
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Kaaraneskoski's Blast Furnace
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The ruins of the Kaaraneskoski blast furnace from 1805 testify to a pioneering, early effort to process natural raw materials industrially in northern Finland. The gray-stone lower part of the blast furnace has remained an intact structure in the dam basin of the power plant, the water level of which varies and rises heavily.
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Alatornion pitäjämuseo
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The city center of Tornio is surrounded by extensive countryside, which was once an independent municipality of Alatornio. The museum's exhibition features utility and household artifacts collected from the villages of Alatornio, mainly in the 1960s, about the life and livelihoods of the area.
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Kätkävaara's Nature trail
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Kätkävaara is a bare-law danger located on the northern edge of the municipality of Tervola, with a height of 189 meters and whose legal areas are covered with stone crevices. There is nature tourism in the Kätkävaara area and signs of the oldest settlement in Northern Finland have been found there.
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Piispankivi
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The Bishop's Stone is considered the southern border mark point of the dioceses of Turku and Uppsala and a commemoration of the diocesan border crossing in the late 16th century.
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Pensaskari's Fishing Base Camp
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An exhibition presenting an old fishing culture has been compiled in one of the online magazines in Pensaskari. The artifacts of the exhibition, old photographs and fishermen's stories shed light on the daily lives of fishermen. The artifacts have largely been received as donations from local fishermen.
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Valmarin-niemen Veneenlaskupaikka
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At the beginning of the 20th century, Valmarinniemi played a key role in separating the Kemijoki river. The main building of the Valmar Museum dates back to the early 19th century and is decorated in the style of the house from the 1920s and 1930s. The courtyard also includes a barn-barn building and a salmon cellar.
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Old Border Marks
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Starting from Tornio the border continues to Ylitornio and Kittilä and further along it to the west of Pallastunturi. The border was intended to separate the parishes of Länsipohja and Ostrobothnia from Lapland, and the border is also known as the border between Lapland and everything else.
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Pahnila's Local History Museum
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Simoniemi village and Simonkylä represent village settlements in the Bay of Bothnia coastal area, where sea fishing has been an important industry alongside agriculture. There are signs for the museum. Open from 8th of June to 11th of August.
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