Nuorgam
Nuorgam [ ˈnuo̯rgɑm ] ( North Sami Njuorggán ) is the northernmost village in Finland . It lies on the Norwegian- Finnish border river Tenojoki (Norwegian. Tana ) and belongs to the municipality of Utsjoki in the province of Lapland . The northernmost point of Finland and the European Union is near Nuorgam. The village has around 250 inhabitants.
Nuorgam is 47 km from Utsjoki Community Center. At Nuorgam there is a border crossing to Norway . In the village there is a border guard station , a chapel, a primary school, two grocery stores, a petrol and repair station, which also serves as a café, post office (zip code 99990) and a highly restricted pharmacy (lääkekaappi = medicine cabinet), a pub and a branch of the alcohol monopoly Alko .
The inhabitants of Nuorgam live mainly from tourism and border trade: because of the lower price level, many Norwegians shop in Nuorgam. The Alko branch in particular is extremely popular with Norwegians because of the lower alcohol taxes compared to Norway. In the summer, tourists come to Nuorgam to fish in the Tenojoki River, famous for its salmon grounds, or to hike. There are 70 beds available in the Nuorgam Holiday Village.
The European long-distance hiking trail E10 begins in Nuorgam and leads over 2880 km to Tarifa , the southernmost city on the European mainland.
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Coordinates: 70 ° 4 ′ N , 27 ° 50 ′ E