Kemi: the world's largest snow castle

On the Gulf of Bothnia in Finnish Lapland, Kemi builds one of the world's largest snow castles every winter.

The center is visited comfortably on foot, not far from the world's largest snow castle, rebuilt every winter.

The SnowCastle of Kemi, rebuilt every year with snow and ice, hosts a hotel, restaurant, and chapel, entering the Guinness World Records.

A few minutes away, the Sampo icebreaker carries visitors to navigate among the ice floes of the Gulf of Bothnia during the Arctic winter, with stops for swimming among ice banks.

Continuing toward the harbor, one observes the activities of the city tied to the historic Finnish cellulose and paper industry, among the country's most important.

Toward evening, local restaurants serve smoked fish according to Sámi culinary tradition.

The SnowCastle in Kemi, first built in nineteen ninety-six, is reconstructed each winter with a different design, becoming one of Finnish Lapland's most celebrated tourist attractions.

The icebreaker Sampo, once used to open commercial routes through the frozen Gulf of Bothnia, today brings tourists from around the world to bathe in Arctic waters protected by thermal suits.