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| Maakunta | South Karelia | |
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| Residents | 72.875 (2015) | |
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| Tourist info | 358 (0)5 667 788 lappeenranta.fi | |
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Lappeenranta is a city in Eastern Finland and belongs to the scenic region South Karelia. Lappeenranta has excellent connections to Russia, from where the Saimaa Canal to Vyborg, one can travel to on the canal Vyborg Companies. Lappeenranta and the surrounding region have great leisure and recreational value.
background
The neighboring communities Joutseno and Ylämaa were incorporated into Lappeenranta.
getting there
By plane
The Lappeenranta Airport
(IATA: LPP) is located about 2 km west of the city directly on the state roads 6 and 13.
With the bus line 4 of the local public transport leads to the airport.
Airport Shuttle Bus for Ryanair flights, price 5.00 Euro, route: Airport - Train Station - Sokos Hotel Lappee - Hotel Cumulus - Scandic Patria. .
From the airport you can take a taxi to the city center in around 5 minutes for 10.00 to 13.00 euros, Tel. 358 20 060 400
The airport is operated by Ryanair and AirBaltic via Riga approached.
By train
Lappeenranta is on the railway line from Helsinki, Lahti to Joensuu. A Pendolino or IC stops six times a day at the train station, which is around 1 km from the city center.
By bus
Various bus routes connect Lappeenranta with the rest of the country's cities. All timetables can be found under Matkahuolto.
In the street
From Helsinki it is best to follow the motorway towards Porvoo - Kotka. Shortly after Porvoo, the expressway branches off towards Kouvola. At Kouvola this meets the expressway from Lahti, after which you reach Lappeenranta.
By boat
There are shipping connections to Vyborg in Russia through the Saimaa Canal. Day trips are also possible without a visa, but you have to register in advance. Saimaa shipping changes its route networks almost every year. There are usually connections to Savonlinna, but possibly also to Kuopio and Joensuu.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
Churches
Castles, chateaux and palaces
Buildings
Monuments
Museums
- Linnoitus. The fortress is the oldest district of Lappeenranta and invites you to stroll. There are historical buildings, a very nice little Russian church, several museums and the pretty little café Vänrikki.
- Cavalry Museum. Tel.: 358 5-616 2257, 358 5-616 2261 (Ulla Loisa). The Cavalry Museum was founded by the city of Lappeenranta in cooperation with the traditional associations for the dragoon battalion and the cavalry of the Uusimaa province. The museum opened in 1973. It is housed in the former guard building of the fortress of Lappeenranta, the most beautiful and probably also the oldest building in the fortress.Open: Summer: 4.6. - 26.8.2007 Mon - Fri 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat - Sun 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. In winter only by order.
- Wolkoff House Museum. Tel.: 358 5 6162261. Wolkoff House, located in the city center, at Kauppakatu 26, is one of the oldest surviving wooden buildings in Lappeenranta; it was built between 1826 and 1905. The oldest part was built by a merchant named Claudelin, and from 1872 to 1983 it was the home of four generations in a row of the Russian Wolkoff family. In 1993 the house with the courtyard was opened to the public. The furnishings, rich in details, which have been created "layer by layer" over the course of many decades, give the house a unique atmosphere. Numerous objects testify to the central position of the family in the history of the Pokrova church of the fortress.Open: Summer: (4.6. - 26.8.2007) Mon - Fri 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat - Sun 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Autumn / Winter Sat - Sun 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.Price: Admission: € 4.50 adults, € 3.50 pensioners / students, admission is free for children / young people under 16.
- Art museum. Tel.: 358 5 616 2255, 358 5 616 2261, Fax: 358 5 616 2911. The South Karelian Art Museum began its activities in the autumn of 1965 in the buildings of the former gun depot at the northern end of the fortress. The museum was given its own new rooms when the neoclassical barracks buildings with their hipped roof construction opposite the Orthodox Church were repaired for museum purposes in the 1980s. The barracks were built in 1798 during the reign of Tsar Paul I to house troops. The art museum's collections include Finnish art from the mid-19th century to the present day. The largest of the collections of older art is the collection of the art lovers of Viipuri (Wiburg) e.V., Viipurin Taiteenystävät ry, in which i.a. Arvid Liljelund, Hjalmar Munsterhjelm, Pekka Halonen, Tyko Sallinen, Väinö Hämäläinen, Väinö Kamppuri, Ilmari Aalto, Jalmari Ruokokoski are represented. The collections contain works by artists who were born in Wiburg or who created their works of art in the city.Open: Summer: 4.6. - 26.8.2007 Mon - Fri 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat - Sun 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Winter: Tue - Sun 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., closed on Mondays.
- South Karelian Museum. Tel.: 358 5 616 2255, 358 5 616 2261, Fax: 358 5 616 2911. The South Karelian Museum is housed in the field stone magazines in the northern tip of the Linnoitus fortress, which used to be used as a gun depot. The buildings date from the beginning of the 19th century. The collections of the cultural history museum are a summary of the museum collections of the cities of Lappeenranta, Wiburg and Käkisalmi. The museum collects, researches and presents in its exhibitions not only the history of today's South Karelia but also the history of the Karelian isthmus and the area around Wiburg. The Karelian isthmus and the city of Wiburg are now on Russian territory.Open: Winter: Tue - Sun 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Mon closed, Summer: 4.6. - 26.8.2007, Mon - Fri 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat - Sun 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Nuijamaa Community Museum. That introduces, among other things, the Finnish farming culture.
- Saimaa Canal Museum
- Southeast Finnish Aviation Museum. Destroyers and equipment can be viewed here.Open: in summer for the public.
- Southeast Finnish Lotta Museum. Open: by appointment only.
Streets and squares
Parks
various
activities
- Joutseno Myllymä ski center, 6 kilometers from Joutseno. With five floodlit slopes.
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Web links
http://www.lappeenranta.fi - Lappeenranta official website
