Heinola is a town in Päijänne Tavastia.

Get in

Heinola is located about exactly between Helsinki and Jyväskylä (140 km from each), 100 km south of Mikkeli and some 40 km north of Lahti. Getting in will in practice mean going by car or bus. In the summer there are lake cruises from Lahti.

Get around

You can walk around downtown.

See

• 1 Heinolan Lintutarha, A. F. Aironkatu 3. Heinola Bird Zoo is an aviary that contains more than 500 species of birds. (updated Sep 2015)
• Some wooden houses in central Heinola.
• 2 Tähtiniemi bridge. Finland's second longest bridge, which takes motorway 4 across Lake Ruotsalainen. (updated Sep 2015)

Buy

There are some shops downtown, and about 2 km southwest next to the motorway you can find a large Citymarket mall.

Sleep

• 1 Hotelli Kumpeli Spa, Muonamiehenkatu 3, ☏ +358 3 812 7100, hotelli@kumpeli.fi. (updated Sep 2015)

Go next

• Lahti — the nearest large city, 40 km south
• The world heritage listed former groundwood and board mill in the village of 1 Verla, about 50 km southeast.

Routes through Heinola

Rovaniemi ← Jyväskylä ←

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→ Lahti → Helsinki