Holiday in Savo 2023

ATTRACTIONS AND CULTURE

Pieksämäki Doll House – Joonas Aurinko’s Villa

Cultural Centre Poleeni This architectural-award-winning cultural center has a 342-seat theater/concert/cinema venue that can be also used for conferences. Additionally: exhibition rooms, library, café-restaurant, cellar theater, and meeting room. Catering available with a reservation: Kahvila-Ravintola Millaano, tel. +358 44 048 1062 Savontie 13, Pieksämäki. Tel. +358 44 799 5240 or +358 44 388 3413 www.poleeni.fi Pieksämäen Iso-Pappila Vicarage Art exhibitions, theater, concerts, and café during the summer. A beautiful garden, Sylvin puisto, surrounds the gorgeous Gustavian style vicarage, build in 1804. President Urho Kekkonen’s wife Sylvi Kekkonen, the daughter of vicar Uino, was born at the vicarage. Her memorial stands in the Sylvin puisto garden. Pieksämäen Iso-Pappila, Sylvinkuja 5, Pieksämäki. Tel. +358 50 336 2013 www.pieksamaenisopappila.fi Leppävirta Bridge This 210-meter-long bridge connects the Soisalo island and the town of Leppävirta. It was Finland’s highest arch bridge when completed in 1965. At the Saimaa deep water route, the bridge has an impressive clearance of 26 meters.

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Holiday in Savo // JOROINEN • LEPPÄVIRTA • PIEKSÄMÄKI • VARKAUS