Retro Motel
In the seaside municipality of Keminmaa, there’s an unassuming motel just off the highway called Motel Käpylä. This half-brick, half-wooden motel comes with a restaurant and a bar. Most of the decorations harken back to decades past, with retro designer furniture. The rooms are much like any motel, save that some of them still retain retro twin beds and wooden desks.
The combination of modern and vintage makes the motel perfect for flashbacks or retrospectives, while the restaurant-bar screams 70s. The restaurant features vintage furniture, including chairs designed by Eero Aarnio, and everything from the lights to the decorative cash register to Sprite glasses are pure retro.
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Accommodation
Well, this one’s easy. The motel itself can be an accommodation, but there is also accommodation to be found around town, including near the Kalli ski resort. Keminmaa is also only a ten minute drive from both the cities of Kemi and Tornio, which have their own accommodation offerings.
Restaurants & catering
Again, easy. The other half of the motel is a restaurant and bar. But in the wider Keminmaa area, there are a few restaurants and take-out places. Kemi and Tornio also have plenty of food options, ranging from quick bites to catering on set.
Other services
Additional services to make your production run smoother include:
- Meeting room
- Private group sauna
For more information on services available in the area, contact Keminmaa.
Lapland is easily the most well-connected film location in the Arctic. With 5 airports, a comprehensive and maintained road network and public transportation, getting around is effortless, from the coldest days of winter to the calm days of summer.
BY PLANE
Motel Käpylä is only a 6 minute drive from the Kemi-Tornio Airport. A little farther away, the Rovaniemi International Airport is about a 1.5 hour drive.
BY TRAIN
The Kemi train station connects Lapland to southernmost Finland, as well as a few more northerly cities like Rovaniemi and Kemijärvi. Check out VR for timetables and tickets.
BY BUS
Buses daily pass through Keminmaa from elsewhere in Finland. Matkahuolto is the place for timetables and tickets.
BY CAR
Motel Käpylä sits just off Highway E8, which connects Keminmaa to Rovaniemi, Tornio, Oulu and many major cities in central and southern Finland.
Permits
You will need explicit permission to film inside Motel Käpylä or on its grounds, as it is a private business. You can contact them directly. For the wider Keminmaa area, Everyone’s Right allows you to film freely in public without disruptions to business or traffic. This includes streets, roads, outside businesses, etc. For everything else, the municipality is happy to help out.
We at Film Lapland do not grant permits, but we can figure out if you need one and who to ask. If you have any questions, please contact us.
