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Lappeenranta Travel Guide: 45 reviews and 92 photos

City of Lappeenranta

Lappeenranta (founded 1649) is the administrative, business and cultural centre of the South Karelia region. The eleventh-largest Finnish city by number of inhabitants
(58 000), Lappeenranta is a city known for its friendly and good-humoured people, its natural beauty, its happy Karelian character and its good prospects for the future.

Cottage on the island

Lappeenranta is situated on the beautiful Lake Saimaa. Wouldn't it be nice to live on this island - only 500 m from the city!

Saimaa Canal - worth of visiting

This waterway from Lake Saimaa to the Gulf of Finland, with a total length of almost 43 kilometres, was inaugurated in 1968. The difference between the water levels of Lake Saimaa and the Gulf of Finland totals 76 metres, which has been offset by means of eight locks; three of which are situated on the Finnish side of the border.
The best way to learn more about the Canal is to take a sightseeing tour or a canal cruise from Lappeenranta to Viborg in Russia!

Pros and Cons

Pros:Lake Saimaa and nice, friendly people!
Cons:Contact me when you are coming!
In a nutshell:Lappeenranta - the pearl of Saimaa

Last visit to Lappeenranta: Oct 2002
Intro Written Nov 6, 2002
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Comments (10)

HORSCHECK Mar 25, 2008 at 1:24 PM Report Abuse

Maria-Liisa, thank you very much for signing the funny postcard from Finland. Greetings from snowy Germany.
yumyum May 11, 2005 at 5:02 AM Report Abuse

Definitely a very nice town! Thanks for taking me there!
tatyanap Mar 26, 2004 at 5:56 PM Report Abuse

Hei! How is everything going for you? I haven't been to your page for some time.
matcrazy1 Feb 3, 2003 at 2:57 PM Report Abuse

A very nice page - great nature and friendly and good-humoured people there -something for me!!!
zentrinko Jan 19, 2003 at 7:21 PM Report Abuse

I should very definitely place Finland on my list of "must see" countries
koenraad_aps Jan 19, 2003 at 10:11 AM Report Abuse

Nice info!
nepalgoods Jan 19, 2003 at 12:00 AM Report Abuse

When I was a child, we spent our holidays in a cottage near Lapenranta. But the Saima Canal did not exist yet. Fantastic country!
kimmo_v Jan 16, 2003 at 9:30 PM Report Abuse

keowl!!! Atomi must be a good burger. I last ate it at the 80`s in Helsinki.
suvaa003 Nov 16, 2002 at 9:04 AM Report Abuse

I loved your pages, well done!!!
JudyinPA Nov 15, 2002 at 7:08 PM Report Abuse

Welcome to VT and hope to see much more later. Cute black doggie