--- title: "Lappeenranta – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Lappeenranta from Helsinki (Vantaa), Kuopio / Siilinjärvi and Tampere / Pirkkala: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare.…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/lappeenranta" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/lappeenranta.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lappeenranta_Landscape.jpg/3840px-Lappeenranta_Landscape.jpg" --- ![Lappeenranta](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lappeenranta_Landscape.jpg/3840px-Lappeenranta_Landscape.jpg) # Lappeenranta Lappeenranta is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Karelia. [Plan a trip to Lappeenranta](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Lappeenranta) [From Helsinki (Vantaa)](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Helsinki+%28Vantaa%29&to=Lappeenranta) ## Every way there - Helsinki (Vantaa) → Lappeenranta 191 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · €22–30 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/helsinki-vantaa-to-lappeenranta) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Helsinki+%28Vantaa%29&to=Lappeenranta) - Kuopio / Siilinjärvi → Lappeenranta 226 km · quickest by road, 4h 16m · €29–41 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kuopio-siilinjarvi-to-lappeenranta) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kuopio+%2F+Siilinj%C3%A4rvi&to=Lappeenranta) - Tampere / Pirkkala → Lappeenranta 247 km · quickest by road, 4h 17m · €29–40 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tampere-pirkkala-to-lappeenranta) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Tampere+%2F+Pirkkala&to=Lappeenranta) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Lappeenranta, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Lappeenranta](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lappeenranta) What Lappeenranta has - Y Scheduled flights Lappeenranta (LPP), 3 km - Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 5 timetable feeds for this country, 4 with real-time - Y Ferries Saimaan Risteilyt Oy, 0 km; sailings estimated - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. 61.067°, 28.183° 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. Get in ## Getting to Lappeenranta Highways 6 and 13 pass through Lappeenranta. Bus companies operate frequently from Helsinki and other cities, in normal times even from Saint Petersburg in Russia. Highway 13 extends to the Russian border, some 25 km from the city centre, where the See ## Worth seeing 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. Do ## Things to do 1. Harbour Eat ## 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. How locals move ## Getting around Lappeenranta the local way - Get around There is a bike sharing system using bluetooth and the Donkey Republic about €1.50/1 hr, €4/5 hr, €12/24 hr. - Get around For 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). From [Wikivoyage: Lappeenranta](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Lappeenranta), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lappeenranta) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Lappeenranta), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/lappeenranta, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt