Kemi, Finland

In AUgust I spent three weeks travelling around the BAltic and up the Gulf of Bothnia on Saga's Spirit of Discovery. Kemi, right at the top of the Gulf of Bothnia, close to the border with Norway nd not far from Russia, was a new port for me and not on the useual cruising itineraries. By no means a tourist town but still interesting with an odd mix of traditional wooden homes and modern Brutalist architecture. Best remembered by me for a fabulous charity shop - think Finnish glass birds for £20. Just couldn't carry them.