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Kuopio Siilinjarvi

Kuopio Siilinjarvi

Siilinjärvi is a municipality of Finland.

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It is located in North Savo, 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the city of Kuopio, which largely surrounds Siilinjärvi. Another neighbour municipality with Kuopio is Lapinlahti. The name, in Finnish, apparently translates literally as "Hedgehog's Lake", although its etymology actually stems from a Sámi word meaning "winter dwelling". Lakes are essential part of the geography of Siilinjärvi. There are 123 lakes, and the biggest of them are Kallavesi and Juurusvesi–Akonvesi. Water area is 106.85 km2, which is 21% of the whole area of Siilinjärvi.

Get in

Getting to Kuopio Siilinjarvi

Siilinjärvi lies on E63, which from Turku via Jyväskylä and Kuopio until Vuorela (in the south of Siilinjärvi) shares tarmac with national road 9. From the north E63 comes down sharing tarmac with national road 5: from Sodankylä via Kuusamo, Kajaani, Iisalmi and Siilinjärvi to Kuopio. In the south, road 5 forks off E75 from Helsinki, and comes in via Mikkeli and Varkaus.

  1. 01
    Siilinjärvi
  2. 02
    Kuopio Airport
  3. 03
    Kanavatie Boat Harbour
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Siilinjärvi Church

    The Lutheran church was designed by Peko Väänänen from Siilinjärvi, and the church was opened on Christmas Eve in 1923.

  2. 02
    Church of the Great Martyr Georgios Victorious
  3. 03
    Harjamäki Hospital Museum
  4. 04
    Pöljä Local Museum
  5. 05
    Rauhanpuisto Cemetery
  6. 06
    Vuorela Church

    The church was designed by architect Kaj Michael and was completed in 1977.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Siilinlahti Beach
  2. 02
    Kasurila Ski Resort
  3. 03
    TarinaGolf

    Tarinagolfintie 19 (about 3 km south of the centre of Siilinjärvi),.

  4. 04
    Ahmo DiscGolfPark

    Myllykuja.

  5. 05
    Hamula Motocross Track

    A motocross racing track in the Hamula village.

  6. 06
    Raasio Sport Shooting Center
Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Siilimaxi

    A variety of meat dishes (chicken, pork, beef, fish), vegetables, rice, sliced ​​potatoes, kebabs and pizzas are available.

  2. 02
    Siilin Sapuska

    Kasurilantie 13,.

  3. 03
    Café Restaurant Lataamo
  4. 04
    Grilli Pikkirilli

    Sulkavantie 2 (along the Highway 75 (Nilsiäntie)).

  5. 05
    Siilinhovi

    Itkolantie 1 (along the E63 Highway (Viitonen)).

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.