Woke up early but didn't need to do anything so lazed around for a while then hit the shared showers which were surprisingly clean.
We'd ordered a breakfast basket each, so sat in the communal area with those and some fresh coffee, slowly waking up.
Decided to go for a walk and explore the town, but wanted to pop to the bus station as we have a bus to catch tomorrow. Found the right stop and luckily there was one there, so chatted to the driver in broken English, but understood enough that we can pay by card, and it goes every hour.
Strangely, the town is a bit of a tourist hotspot in the winter, with Santa bring based in a nearby town, but here they have an ice castle that they build every year. While there isn't one at the moment, the are sign posts all round town pointing to it and they wouldn't look out of place signposting Santa's workshop.
From there we walked through the town and into a nature reserve where we followed the track to the small shoreline.
Following the coast around the edge of the town we came to a small beach where those who were brave enough could dip their toes in the Gulf of Bothnia (not me though).
Toes dried we saw someone walking towards us with an ice cream, so obviously we could think of nothing else until we had one of our own, which was really refreshing.
Following the shoreline round the bay we discovered a crazy golf course, and a quick 9 holes followed. Further round the coast to a small peninsula, before finding a restaurant for food.
Stopped at the supermarket for some more low alcohol wine before back to the hostel for dinner games of snooker.
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