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The closeness to the Russian border is these days clearly visible in the number of Russian tourists visiting the city. In fact, Saint Petersburg is closer (211 km) to Lappeenranta than Helsinki (221 km).

Lappeenranta is also the home of the Lappeenranta University of Technology.

1 Sights

Lappeenranta is known as a summer city, mostly due to its closeness to Saimaa. In addition, its location away from the Baltic Sea means that summers tend to be warmer and winters colder than elsewhere in Finland.

Good places to visit are

• The old fort area with a number of museums and cafes.
• The harbour, which has cruises available to the nearby Saimaa CanalSaimaa Canal ( Finnish: Saimaan kanava Swedish: Saima kanal is a canal in a system of 120 interconnected lakes in the south-central and south-east part of Finland. Canals. and to VyborgNot to be confused with : the Danish town and county of Viborg in Jutland : Viapori a Finnish transcription of Sveaborg better known as Suomenlinna castle Vyborg (transcription of Russian is a town with 70,000 inhabitants at Russia's border to Finland, on.
• The water tower, which gives a good view all over the city.
• The central market place, from which you can buy local meat pies known as "Atomi" or "Vety".
• A yearly singing contest, the Lappeenranta National Singing Contest.

2 External links

• Official site