Summer sports

In summer, Kemijärvi inspires you to get out and about in nature!

Easy access to sports facilities from the city centre includes:

– Walking routes in the city centre
– Ahvensalmi sports area

• Skateboard park
• Fitness area
• Senior Park
• Children’s playground

– Hillatie school yard

• Basket and football
• Various types of climbing frames

– Hietaniemi frisbee golf course (in the centre)
– Downtown beach

• Beach volley court

– Pöyliövaara recreation area and sports field

• Athletics and football field
• Fitness ladder
• 18-hole fresbee golf course
• Dirt tracks / walking trails
• Place of fire

– Lake Pöyliöjärvi hybrid route
– Paddling in Lake Pöyliö and Lake Kemijärvi
– Various climbing facilities

As a local speciality, there is also a water diving hill next to the central beach. The hill was built for summer training for freestyle skiers and can only be used under supervised conditions.

Suomutunturi area

• Cycling routes 55 km
• Hiking trails 30 km
• 55 km of waterways