Rääkkylä is a municipality in North Karelia, Finland.

Get in

Arvinsalmi ferry

There are bus connections to Rääkkylä from Joensuu and Kitee. See Matkahuolto.

There is also a 1 ferry connection between Rääkkylä and Liperi through the Arvinsalmi strait.

Get around

By taxi

See North Karelia#By taxi

• Smartphone app (as of 2020): 02 Taksi

See

Rääkkylä Church

• 1 Rääkkylä Church (Rääkkylän kirkko), Kirkkotie 5. 
• 2 Esa Pakarinen Memorial (Esa Pakarisen muistomerkki), Kinnulantie 6. A sculpture erected in memory of the actor Esa Pakarinen (1911–1989), who was born in Rääkkylä. 

Do

Every year between June and July, the folk music event Kihaus Folk Festival is held in Rääkkylä.

Buy

There is only one supermarket in the centre: 1 S-Market Rääkkylä.

Eat

• 1 Rääkkylän Marttakahvio, Kinnulantie 1, ☏ +358 40 744 9430, marttakahvio@gmail.com. A café and lunch restaurant. 

Sleep

• 1 Koivuniemi, Koivuniementie 20, ☏ +358 40 96 00 629, ward.riitta@gmail.com. A camping and caravan area with rental cabins. 
• 2 Paksuniemi, Paksuniementie 241 (on the shores of Lake Lahukka), ☏ +358 40-683 8748, paksuniemensatama@gmail.com. Accommodation, dining, camping and other pastimes in the immediate vicinity of the marina. 

Connect

Internet

Many places of business may have Wi-Fi for customers (although it's usually called "WLAN"); ask the staff for details.

For free Wi-Fi and internet terminals, check the 1 Rääkkylä Library.

Go next

• Joensuu
• Kitee