Blue way

Blue path in Kattisavan, Sweden

The Blue Way ( Swedish. Blå Vägen , Finnish. Sininen tie , Norwegian. Blå vegen , Russian. Голубая дорога) is an international tourist route in Northern Europe, which leads in a west-east direction from Norway via Sweden and Finland to Russia .

The route begins in Nesna on the Atlantic in Norway. In Sweden it runs through southern Lapland and southern Västerbotten through the municipalities of Storuman , Lycksele , Vindeln , Vännäs and Umeå . The Wasa Express ferry crosses the Gulf of Bothnia between Umeå in Sweden and Vaasa in Finland . After crossing central Finland, the road leads to Russia at the border crossing from Tohmajärvi , where it ends in Petrozavodsk .

Between Mo i Rana in Norway and Laihia in Finland, the road is identical to European route 12 . Between Mo i Rana and Umeå there was also a bus line that was named after the tourist route and followed its route until 2016. The Konstvägen also partly follows the Blue Path.

Attractions

country	region	Attractions
Norway	North country	Atlantic Ocean Mo i Rana , a town in the municipality of Rana , which is just a few kilometers south of the Arctic Circle , Svartisen , the second largest glacier in Norway
Sweden	Västerbotten County	Storuman , winter sports centers Hemavan and Tärnaby , botanical garden for the mountain flora, nature reserve Vindelfjällen , Church of Stensele (Sweden's largest wooden church) Lycksele , forest museum Skogsmuseet and Djurpark (Sweden's northernmost animal park) Umeå , the largest city in Norrland - is located at the mouth of the Ume älv am river Gulf of Bothnia
Finland	Ostrobothnia	Vaasa , western Finnish port city on the Gulf of Bothnia, Kvarken , on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The bridge to Replot , the longest suspension bridge in Finland
Finland	South Ostrobothnia	Alajärvi , in the center of Alajärvi, you can follow the entire arc of Alvar Aalto's life's work
Finland	Central Finland	Huopanankoski Rapids , popular trout rapids in Viitasaari
Finland	North Savo	Finnish Lakeland , the largest lake district in Europe Pachthof Lepikko ( Lepikon torppa in Finnish ), Urho Kekkonen, president of Finland, was in Pachthof Lepikko in Pielavesi born Kolukanal in Tervo , Finland's longest canal Korkeakoski in Maaninka , with 46 meters the highest waterfall in Finland Kuopio , the eighth largest city in the country and the largest city in Eastern Finland, the city is the administrative center of the North Savo Region , the center is on a peninsula on Lake Kallavesi , Puijo in Kuopio, the 75 m high Puijo tower on the wooded Puijo height, the Puijo sports center with the Puijo ski jump , nature reserve The Heinävesi canal route from Kuopio to Savonlinna , "one of the most beautiful ship routes in Finland" Tahko , Mount Tahko (Tahkovuori) with the ski sports center - the fourth largest ski sports center in Finland Ohtaansalmi , Grenzstein ( Peace of Teusina, 1595 ) in Tuusniemi
Finland	North Karelia	Finnish Lake District , the largest lake district in Europe Outokumpu Mine Museum in Outokumpu Joensuu , by far the largest city in the North Karelia countryside ; the city center is located at the mouth of the Pielisjoki River and Lake Pyhäselkä , which is part of the Saimaa lake system
Russia	Republic of Karelia	Lake Ladoga , largest lake in Europe Valaam monastery , a Stauropegic - Orthodox ; It is located on the island of Valaam in Lake Ladoga Petrozavodsk , the capital of the Republic of Karelia , Russia Kizhi , is a UNESCO World Heritage Site Onega Lake , the second largest lake in Europe Kondopoga , Marzialnyje Vody - the first spa town in Russia, the Kivach waterfall and the Kivach Medweschjegorsk nature reserve , the war historical sights, the mass graves in Sandarmokh ( "Great Purge" , 1936 to 1938 in the Soviet Union ), the White Sea-Baltic Canal (Stalin Canal) Pudosch , the Vodlosero National Park, the Onega petroglyphs

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  Mo i Rana , Norway

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  Hemavan , Sweden

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  Lycksele , Sweden

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  Umeå , Sweden

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  Kvarken , Finland

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  Korsholm , Finland

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  Liperi , Finland

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  Kuopio , Finland

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  Valaam Monastery , Russia

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  Petrozavodsk , Russia

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  Kizhi , Russia

Web links

Commons : E12  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Information on the blue trail (English, Swedish, Finnish)
• The Blue Way in Finland (Finnish, Swedish, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kjører siste prøvetur. In: www.ranablad.no. December 10, 2013, accessed May 30, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Fishing in Finland.fi, online guide for fishing travelers in the land of thousands of lakes
3. ↑ Lepikon torppa (Lepikko Pachthof) (Finnish)
4. ↑ Tervo: Kolukanal, English ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Suomen vesiputoukset: Korkeakoski (Finnish)
6. ↑ The history of the Heinävesi route
7. ↑ MS Puijo
8. ↑ Skiresort.de: Ski areas Finland
9. ↑ Tuusniemi: Boundary marks of the Peace Treaty of Teusina, English ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ Museot.fi: Outokumpu Mining Museum English .
11. ↑ World Heritage List: Kizhi Pogost English .