Hi there once again...
My flatmate Kristo and I have been daytrippin' to Sweden yesterday - to a little city called Luleå (see Google map below). We started early in the morning, took the train from Oulu up north to Kemi, then headed to the 'boarder'-city Haparanda-Tunio by a real stylish bus, had (a 2nd) break at IKEA and continued west - by another, real comfortable bus. So far from what we have seen: Northern Sweden is utterly pretty! We also got lucky with the weather, though, but still: the 'highways' are surrdounded by dense forests including reindeers, little creeks and numerous red/white-coloured farmhouses... simply lovely.
Luleå's city centre is located on the centre of a a dozen or more islands, right above the Baltic Sea which is going to freeze in winter.
Check also on wikipedia, if interested!
Otherwise: pictures online at facebook!



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Ladies and Gentlemen: the world's northernmost IKEA! XD


Luleå's main street - we arrived right in time for a satiric demonstration against the corrupt banksystem.


I felt weirdly warm and embraced when reading the name of this, erm, erotic store not off the city centre. (X


Being back in Haparanda: because of pictures like these we had to hitch back to Kemi since we missed the last bus. However, Haparanda does technically belong to Sweden, but uses Finnish Time (GMT+2) to co-operate with its twin-city and Finnish counterpart Turnio.