2. ” This town has an extremely beautiful and advantageous position, and no other market place in the whole region as far as to North Pole is as much visited as this town of Tornio. The Belorussians, the Laplanders, the Finns, the Swedes, hucksters from southern Finland and Sweden assemble here. Furthermore a great many of hucksters from Norway come here over the high mountains and across the wide wilderness.” In Midsummer 1519 Olaus Magnus, traveller and later on a bishop visited the market in Tornio. His description is almost 500 years old, but it is topical in Haparanda-Tornio of today:
3. TORNIO Founded in 1621 by Gustaf II Adolf Area 1227 km 2 Inhabitants 22 300 Population density 19,2 per km 2 Unemployment rate 11,2 % (09/2007) Number of companies 1 200 HAPARANDA Founded in 1842 by Karl XIV Johan Area 918 km 2 Inhabitants 10 250 Population density 11,6 per km 2 Unemployment rate 7,7 % (09/2007 total) Number of companies 800
9. Bothnian Arc - the northernmost expanding region in Europe Population, industry and communications
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13. Tornio City council Haparanda City council Common meeting once a year Tornio City board Haparanda City board Common meeting twice a year Cooperation board 5 + 5 members Education City planning Business / On the Border Culture and youth Social service and health care Technical services Sports and leisure Tourism Cooperation organisation Cooperation secretary
21. We are building our cities together - On the Border Sweden Finland Barcelona
22. KNOWLEDGE COMMUNICATIONS HAPARANDA- TORNIO THE MEETING PLACE CENTRE OF TRADE AND COMMERCE RECREATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE CENTRE FOR INDUSTRY, BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISES Vision 2010 Haparanda-Tornio is an international centre in The Bothnian Arc and Barents Region; a meeting place for cultures, knowledge, logistics, innovation and people
24. 1995 Finland & Sweden join the EU 1996-7 Architect competition 1998-2000 Development plan 2001-2003 Realisation plan PGR -process 2002 Required permissions 2002 Natura 2000 permission 2003 Master plan / Town plan 2005 Construction starts
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27. Master plan The area 12 hectares; 1/3 in Tornio, 2/3 in Haparanda
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29. 1: Pedestrian street Hallituskatu , (Länsiranta-Jääkärinkatu) Start autumn 2006 2: Länsiranta, reconstruction, completed 2007 3: Krannigatan, completed 8/ 2006 4: Tornio Shopping centre 59 523 m², opens 2008 5: NCC- flats, phase 3 completed spring 2007 6: Haparanda Shopping centre 24 000 m², opens 2008 7: Moving E4 main road, start 2007 8: Greenline furniture store 1000 m², opens 2007 9: Border bow and square, completed 2008 10: Border square and park, completed 2009 11: Flats for elderly, start autumn 2006 12: Housing, phase 2, start spring 2007 13: Juhannussaari flats, phase 1, 12 flats 14: Torpinmäki residential area, 27 sites, completed spring 2007 15: Furniture store 4700 m², opened 9/2006 16: Oikokatu, street work, completed spring 2007 17: S-market and ABC-shop 8500 m², comp. spring 2007 18: Transport company, postal logistic centre, 1750 m² 19: Rausti residential area, 37 sites, 4 terraced houses; 14 flats, completed 2007 20: Terraced house, 11 flats, completed 2007 21: Ainolanvainio residential area, 48 sites, completed 2008 22: Kristineberg, 2 terraced houses, 9 flats 23: Low price hotel and camping, 230 flats, opens 11/2006 24: Granängen, residential area, 150 sites 25: Skönvik residential area, 270 sites, start autumn 2006 26: Prison, 17 ha, start autumn 2006 27: Block Hemmet, 4 flats, start 2007 28: Block Renen, 32 flats, start 2007 29: Block Maskinisten, 15 flats, 30: Block Doppen, 66 flats, completed autumn 2006 31: Commercial area Norrmalm 12 000 m 2 ; under construction 32: Commercial area Björka, 48 000m², start autumn 2006 33: IKEA, 23 500m², opened 2006-11-15 34: IKANO, 11 000m², opened 11/ 2006 35: Service station etc., start autumn 2006 36: Marielund, residential area, planning in progress 37: Stadsviksstrand, residential area 40 sites
