Kemi is the centre of trade and services in part of southern Lapland known as “Sea Lapland.” It houses the paper mills of Stora Enso and Metsä-Botnia, as well as the Outokumpu Kemi mine. Digipolis Kemi Technology Park offers top-flight event and meeting expertise for the industrial sector. The city centre also has a number of special stores for great shopping.

Kemi Culture Centre offers various spaces for congresses and meetings, all equipped with modern technology.

Just a stone’s throw from the sea, the Culture Center also houses the city library, city orchestra, Kemi Art Museum and city theatre.

The sheltered Kemi Guest Marina is a beautiful spot that’s just a few hundred metres from the city centre. Local yacht clubs with their restaurants, saunas, and other services provide pleasant visits for all.

Post-meeting activities in Kemi range from wintertime snowmobile and husky safaris to kayaking and dinner cruises in summer. But the most famous of Kemi’s attractions is the icebreaker Sampo. Having formerly served the Finnish government’s efforts to open frozen seas, Sampo now offers unique cruising experiences on the Gulf of Bothnia. Feeling majestic steel crushing arctic ice is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. Board the Sampo to get a taste of the vast arctic sea – and maybe take a dip in the freezing Bothnian Sea!