Lappeenranta
Lappeenranta is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Karelia.
Lappeenranta is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Karelia. It is located in the southeastern interior of the country and in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lappeenranta is approximately 73,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 88,000. It is the 13th most populous municipality in Finland, and the 11th most populous urban area in the country.
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Worth seeing in and around Lappeenranta
6 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.
- 01Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT
Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, better known by the abbreviation LUT University is a Finnish public research university which was established in 1969. The university's Lappeenranta campus is situated on the shore of lake Saimaa – the 4th largest lake in Europe.
5 km · university in Lappeenranta and Lahti, Finland · Wikipedia - 02St. Mary's Church of Lappee
St. Mary's Church of Lappee is a wooden Evangelical Lutheran church in the center of Lappeenranta, Finland.
1 km · church in Lappeenranta, Finland · Wikipedia - 03Fortress of Lappeenranta
Lappeenranta Fortress is a fortress located in Lappeenranta, Finland.
100 m · monument in Lappeenranta, Finland · Wikipedia - 04Lauritsala Church
Lauritsala Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the Lauritsala district of Lappeenranta, Finland. The church was opened in December 1969.
4 km · church in Lappeenranta, Finland · Wikipedia - 05Karelia Aviation Museum
The Karelia Aviation Museum is located at Lappeenranta Airport in Lappeenranta, Finland. The museum is run by Kaakkois-Suomen ilmailumuseoyhdistys ry.
3.7 km · aviation museum in Lappeenranta, Finland · Wikipedia - 06Kimpinen Sports Centre
Kimpinen Sports Centre is an athletics stadium in Lappeenranta, Finland. The stadium is used by, for example, PEPO football team, Rajaritarit American football team and Lappeenrannan Urheilu-Miehet athletics team.
900 m · athletics stadium in Lappeenranta, Finland · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The 1 historical fortress, the original city center which was established in mid-17th century. The old buildings include artist workshops, the 2 oldest orthodox church in Finland, completed in 1785, as well as 3 the Museum of South Carelia and 4 the Art Museum of South Carelia.
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Things to do
- 01Harbour
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Where to eat
Small coffee booths at the harbour and the 1 market square (Kauppatori) offer traditional meat pies called vety (Eng. "hydrogen") and atomi (Eng. "atom"). Vety consists of a meat pie, ham, boiled egg and condiments. Atomi has either ham or egg, but not both. Also other snack food is offered by the booths. Just ask for 'vetyatomi' and you'll be understood in nearly all the grillikioskis in Finland.
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Getting to Lappeenranta
- Airports
- Lappeenranta (LPP), 3 km · Pulkovo (LED), 181 km · Helsinki Vantaa (HEL), 194 km
- Stations
- Lappeenranta Airport, 3 km · Lappeenranta railway station, 2.2 km · Port of Lappeenranta, 500 m
- Helsinki (Vantaa) → Lappeenranta191 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · €22–30
- Kuopio / Siilinjärvi → Lappeenranta226 km · quickest by road, 4h 16m · €29–41
- Tampere / Pirkkala → Lappeenranta247 km · quickest by road, 4h 17m · €29–40
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No local-transport research exists yet for Lappeenranta
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 Lappeenranta. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThere is a bike sharing system using bluetooth and the Donkey Republic about €1.50/1 hr, €4/5 hr, €12/24 hr.
- Get aroundFor longer stays becoming a member is cheaper: €9 or €18/month covers all trips of less than 1 hr respectively 12 hr, also in other towns using Donkey Republic – but you need to register as member in the country of your card (available: most countries in western Europe and USA).
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