Visit to Haparanda Harbour, Nikkala

9 days ago

Haparanda is a small town in Northern Sweden.
This happened in 2024.

It seems we have profiled ourselves as some sort of harbour spotters. We recently visited Haparanda Harbour in the village of Nikkala, in Haparanda. The harbour has been built in 1931-1934 and its a cosy little peninsula in the Bay of Bothnia. They have boat berths available and of course camping for caravaners with services.

Initially we went to look for a beach. The beach was marked in the HaparandaTornio website map, but we were not able to locate it. Or we were not sure if the beach was the one we were thinking it is. However, we didn’t mind as the area is very pretty the way it is. On the other side of the bay, there are numerous summer cottages (sommarstugor).

Haparandahamn was originally built as a commercial port for Haparanda city in the years 1931-1934. Even during the 1960s there was still merchant shipping, but during the early 1970s the harbor was converted into a marina. In the beginning, the operation was managed by the municipality, but quite quickly local boatclub BK Bothnia took over the operations.

The Haparanda’s guest harbour is located, 18 km from the central town of Haparanda. The Bothnia boat club runs a small campsite for boaters and other visitors. In the service house there is a fully equipped kitchen, sauna, laundry room and access to the internet as well as the possibility to fill up water and empty the latrine. In addition, there is a barbecue hut, barbecue area and toilets. Camping and using the harbour costs less than 20 euros a day and it includes electricity. The facilities can be paid according to your own conscience.