South Karelia

South KareliaSouth Karelia 

South Karelia (Etelä-Karjala) is in Southern Finland. South Karelia's population is about 136 000.

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Other Destinations
  • Lemi
  • Luumäki
  • Parikkala
  • Rautjärvi
  • Ruokolahti
  • Saari
  • Savitaipale
  • Suomenniemi
  • Taipalsaari
  • Uukuniemi
  • Ylämaa
Activities
  • Cruises to Lake Saimaa.
  • Indoor water amusement park in the Imatra Spa.
Eating

Small coffee booths at the harbour and the market place (Kauppatori) of Lappeenranta offer traditional meat pies called vety (Eng. "hydrogen") and atomi (Eng. "atom"). Vety consists of a meat pie, ham, boiled egg and condiments. Atomi has either ham or egg, but not both.

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Within South Karelia
Imatra www.imatra.fi is an industrial town in South Karelia. It is dominated by Lake Saimaa, the River Vuoksi and the Finnish-Russian border. Imatra Travel Guide »
Joutseno is a town in South Karelia, Finland. Joutseno is located by the lake of Saimaa. From Joutseno to Vyborg, Russia is about 50 km. Joutseno Travel Guide »
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South Karelia Travel Guide is based on South Karelia by Mikko-Petteri, Jani Patokallio, anonymous, iGuide and others. South Karelia Travel Guide is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.