The Finnish-Norwegian border near the village of Nuorgam on the 70th parallel, is the northernmost point in EU, but a border only in the technical sense of the word. It follows the river Teno to the east from Utsjoki and at a seemingly arbitrary point, there's a man made marking of administrative change.
Here people and goods can move across without disruption. To some extent, even alcohol, which is considerably cheaper in Finland. This has lead to mass pilgrimage to the liquor store of Nuorgam, where Norwegians spend their precious kronen to the advantage of otherwise struggling communities on the Finnish side. Ironically, the freedom of movement doesn't apply to the most obvious native mammals of the area - reindeers - whose migration attempts are hindered by a garden fence that runs virtually gapless hundreds of kilometres south along the land border.
Being far from the authorities of Helsinki and Brussels, the seremonial border stone next to the road was erected by locals as a hobby project. A brass plate on stone duly states: "The northernmost point in Finland and EU - N 70° 05' E 27° 58'". The man who cast its concrete pedestal, lives a hundred metres from the border and is arguably the northernmost citizen of the Union. He herds reindeers as a dayjob.
Village of Nuorgam can be considered a good spot for parallel hunters from Finland and European Union. Because the point of extremity is located at the crossing of land border and river Teno, there's a perfect spot for a swim on the edge of the Union. This might be amusing to the Norwegians on the other side, whose overseas possessions reach Bear Island far out in the Arctic Sea and whose renowned exporer Amundsen claimed the South Pole even before member state Finland existed as an independent nation.
This entry is related to mikroPaliskunta project I'm currently travelling with. See www.mikropaliskunta.net for more.