Kangasala
Kangasala is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region.

Kangasala is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the east of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Kangasala is approximately 34,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 428,000. It is the 34th most populous municipality in Finland.
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Worth seeing in and around Kangasala
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Roine
Roine is a medium-sized lake in Finland. The lake is located in the Pirkanmaa region, mostly in the municipality of Kangasala and for a lesser part in the municipality of Pälkäne.
6.9 km · medium-sized lake in Pirkanmaa, Finland · Wikipedia - 02Kaukajärvi
Kaukajärvi is a Finnish lake in the city of Tampere, Pirkanmaa. The lake is 3.2 kilometres long, 950 metres wide and covers an area of 143 hectares.
8.3 km · lake in Pirkanmaa region, Finland · Wikipedia - 03Vesijärvi
Vesijärvi is a lake in Finland. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region and there mostly in the municipality of Kangasala and for a lesser part in the municipality of Orivesi.
4.4 km · lake in Pirkanmaa region, Finland · Wikipedia - 04Mobilia
The Finnish Museum of Car and Road Mobilia is the national museum responsible for its special field, roads, and road traffic. The museum is situated by lake Längelmävesi in Kangasala, Finland, about half an hour drive from the city of Tampere.
4.4 km · automobile museum in Kangasala, Finland · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Emperor's Ridge
Visited by King Gustav III of Sweden and Tsar Alexander I of Russia in 1819 (hence the current name).
- 02Kangasala Church
- 03Mobilia
An "automobile and road museum" that, true to the name, showcases lots of old and unusual cars.
- 04Vehoniemen
A nice, small car museum with some rarities.
- 05Kangasalan
An old villa with a long and colourful history.
- 06Children's farm Pikkupiha
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Things to do
Kaarinan polku (Kaarina's path). 60-km hiking path through Kangasala that goes through remote wilderness and historical places. You can get maps at Kangasala Town office or at Mobilia. Pohtiolampi. Sighting tower, restaurant/café, salmon fishing and chance to see ospreys hunting.
- 01Kangasalan uimahalli Kuohu
Kirkkojärventie 4, kahvila@kangasalanuimahalli.fi.
From Wikivoyage: Kangasala, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
Ravintola Paakari, Ruutanantie 3, 36200 Kangasala. High quality restaurant in the centre of Kangasala, serving food from local ingredients. Café and pastry shop downstairs. Aryana, Lentolankuja 2, 36220 Kangasala. The only Afghan restaurant in Finland, serving also more local variants.
- 01Tilisanssi
Urheilutie 2-4,.
- 02Sahalahden Krouvi
Sahalahdentie 1283 (from Kangasala along road 325 near the village of Sahalahti),.
- 03MakuMaestro Kangasala
Hampuntie 1.
From Wikivoyage: Kangasala, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Kangasala
- Airports
- Tampere-Pirkkala (TMP), 25 km · Helsinki Vantaa (HEL), 137 km · Turku (TKU), 144 km
- Stations
- Kangasala railway station, 5.3 km
- Helsinki (Vantaa) → Kangasala135 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · €16–22
- Turku → Kangasala149 km · quickest by road, 3h · €18–25
- Vaasa → Kangasala222 km · quickest by road, 4h 35m · €27–38
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kangasala
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kangasala. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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