Loviisa (Swedish: Lovisa) is a town and municipality in Uusimaa on the Finnish south coast.
Understand
Get in
By car
Loviisa is situated next to highway 7 (E18) about halfway between Helsinki and the Russian border at Vaalimaa (90 km to both of them) and is an easy side trip.
By bus
Bus is the only form of public transportation to Loviisa. There are direct buses from Helsinki, and you can also take one of the buses from Helsinki to Kotka or Hamina and get off in Loviisa.
Get around
The points of interest in the town are accessible by foot, if you want to go further out you will need a car or taxi.
Local bus and route planner are available.
Loviisa also has a service line primarily aimed at the elderly. You pay the driver for the trip according to the bus fare. The ride is ordered from the driver by 16:00 the day before. Monday rides can also be booked on Monday mornings from 07:30 to 07:45. The line taxi will pick you up at the agreed address.
By taxi
See Uusimaa#By_taxi for information about companies and fares
- Taksi Itä-Uusimaa, ☏ 358 100 0700. Also bookable by 0100 0700 app. Fixed price based on calculated route and time if destination address given when booking by app. Flag fall M–Sa 05:00–21:00: €3.90, other times and holidays: €6.90; 1–4 persons €0.99/km 0.99/min (July 2020).
- Smartphone apps: Valopilkku, 02 Taksi
See
- 1 Loviisa fortress, Ungernintie (less than 1 km east of the market square). Built in 1748 by the Swedes.
- 2 Svartholma fortress. Built around the same time as Loviisa fortress on Svartholm Island. In the summer there is a ferry from Laivasilta a few hundred meters south of the town centre, ferry tickets cost €15 for a roundtrip.
- 3 Loviisa church. The road to Loviisa from the west seems to lead right into the red tile church that is a one of the most visible landmarks of the town.
- 4 Lovisa nuclear power plant. Finland's oldest nuclear power plant is located on Hästholmen island, 15km southeast of the town center. Visits need to be pre-arranged but you can always look at the plant from a distance.
- 5 Strömfors ironworks, Ruukintie 11A (in Ruotsinpyhtää village, east of Loviisa). The old ironworks of Strömfors (Swedish)/ Ruotsinpyhtää (Finnish) is today a museum.
Do
Festivals
- [dead link]Roots'n Boots: 14 July 2018. A blues happening with blues, bluegrass, rockabilly and more. (date needs updating)
Buy
Eat
Drink
Sleep
- 1 [formerly dead link]Hotel Degerby, Brandensteininkatu 17, ☏ 358 19 50561, ✉[email protected].
Connect
Go next
- West towards Helsinki: Porvoo – like Loviisa, but older, larger and more touristy
- Eastwards along the coast old port city of Kotka and Hamina.
- North: Kouvola
| Routes through Loviisa |
| Helsinki ← Porvoo ← | W  E | → Kotka → Vyborg |
| Helsinki ← Porvoo ← | W  E | → Kotka → Saint Petersburg |