Tohmajärvi is a municipality in North Karelia, Finland. Kemie is the administrative centre.

Understand

Kirkkoniemi and Lake Tohmajärvi

The municipality is located at the Russian border, with a border crossing. The Värtsilä municipality was consolidated with Tohmajärvi in 2005.

Get in

	Visa restrictions: In response to Russia's war in Ukraine, Russian tourists are banned from entering Finland.
	(Information last updated Jan 2023)

Tohmajärvi is on the Blue Highway – from Mo i Rana via Umeå, Vaasa, Kuopio and Joensuu – the last stretch to Tohmajärvi along highway 9. The route crosses the border at the 1 Niirala border crossing point (the Russian side: Värtsilä, Вя́ртсиля) and continues to Petrozavodsk (Finnish: Petroskoi).

Highway 6, via Imatra in the south, passes through the western part of the municipality, where it joins Highway 9 from Joensuu.

Get around

By taxi

See North Karelia#By taxi

• Smartphone app (as of 2020): 02 Taksi

See

Interior of the Saario Power Plant Museum

• 1 Tohmajärvi Church (Tohmajärven kirkko), Kirkkotie 590.  
• 2 Värtsilä Church (Värtsilän kirkko), Kaurilantie 611.  
• 3 Saario Power Plant Museum (Saarion voimalaitosmuseo), Voimalaitostie 24.  

Do

• 1 Kirkkoniemi Beach (Kirkkoniemen uimaranta), Kirkkotie (on the shores of Lake Tohmajärvi). 

Buy

• 1 Akselin Herkkupaja, Metsäkouluntie 22 (in the Onkamo village), ☏ +358 400-253-487, myynti@akselinherkkupaja.fi. A shop selling cultivated strawberries. 
• 2 Säästömesta, Kauppakatu 5. M–F 09:00–17:00, Sa 09:00–15:00. A local discount store. 
• 3 Tavaratori, Järnefeltintie 8, ☏ +358 400-758-759. M–F 09:00–17:00, Sa 09:00–14:00. A local discount store. 

Grocery stores

• 4 S-Market Tohmajärvi, Hainarintie 1. M–Sa 07:00–22:00, Su 09:00–22:00. 
• 5 K-Market Tiilikainen, Kauppakatu 6. M–Sa 07:00–21:00, Su 09:00–20:00. 

Eat

• 1 Kotipirtti, Talluksentie 26, ☏ +358 50-597-6343, ravintolakotipirtti@gmail.com. M–F 10:00–16:00. 
• 2 Kebab Pizzeria Tähti, Kirkkotie 1, ☏ +358 13 622-300. M–Sa 11:00–21:00, Su 12:00–21:00. 

Drink

Cafés

• 1 Renkitupa, Kirkkotie 14. M–Sa 11:00–19:00, Su 12:00–16:00. 
• 2 Cafe Elja, Rajantie 690 (near the Niirala crossing point), ☏ +358 44-491-8513. Tu–F 09:00–15:00. 

Bars

• 3 Pub Tohmajärvi (Pub Kehto - Tohmis), Kauppakatu 5, ☏ +358 40-344-6747. Th 18:00–22:00, F–Sa 18:00–00.30. 

Sleep

• 1 Minimotel, Kirkkotie 6, ☏ +358 440-964-003, minimotel.fi@gmail.com. 

Connect

Internet

Many places of business may have Wi-Fi for customers; ask the staff for details.

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

Stay safe

• 2 Tohmajärvi Health Centre (Tohmajärven terveyskeskus), Takkunurmentie 9, ☏ +358 13 330 2342. M–F 08:00–16:00. Municipal health centre (taken over by the new organisation 1 January 2023, phone numbers and web site may have changed). 

In emergencies, ☏ 112 (free from all phones). This includes social services, although for non-urgent matters you could contact the social services directly.

Go next

• Joensuu
• Sortavala

Routes through Tohmajärvi

Joensuu ← Hammaslahti ←

NW  SE

→ Vyartsilya → Sortavala