Kemi
A port town where the Sampo icebreaker allows you to swim in the Arctic oceans.
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Kemi is a northern port town lying at the gateway of Finnish Lapland on the shores of the Arctic Gulf of Bothnia. It's population is around 27,000 people mostly working in the pulp mills and the only chromium mine in Europe. It is also home to two tourist attractions - the world's largest snow castle (reconstructed every year with a different architecture) and the Sampo Icebreaker. The Icebreaker takes brave tourists on a 4 hour cruise and allows for time to swim in the Arctic ocean.