Top 5 Specialty Museums in Lappeenranta, South Karelia

May 15, 2022 Sachiko Swiger

Lappeenranta (Swedish: Villmanstrand) is a city and municipality situated on the shore of the lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the Russian border. It belongs to the region of South Karelia. With approximately 73,000 inhabitants (31 August 2017) Lappeenranta is the 13th largest city in Finland. The neighboring municipality of Joutseno was consolidated with Lappeenranta on January 1, 2009, and the neighboring municipality of Ylämaa on January 1, 2010. Lappeenranta is known as an international university city in Finland with Lappeenranta University of Technology and Saimaa University of Applied Sciences which together have approximately 13,000 students from 68 countries. Lappeenranta is also a commercial centre of South-East Finland and the meeting point of the EU and Russia, 215 km from both Helsinki and St. Petersburg. Location on the southern shore of Lake Saimaa makes the city the region’s centre for tourism. Lappeenranta is the second most visited city by Russian tourists in Finland after Helsinki and it competes with Helsinki for the largest share of tax-free sales in Finland. Lappeenranta is a model for renewable energies and a clean living environment. Lappeenranta was the only Finnish city among the 14 finalists in the international Earth Hour City Challenge 2014, organized by WWF.
Restaurants in Lappeenranta

1. Saimaa Kanal Museum

Sulkuvartijankatu 16, Lappeenranta 53400 Finland +358 40 1490140 http://www.liikennevirasto.fi/vesivaylat/kanavat/kanavamuseot/saimaan-kanavan-museo
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5.0 based on 3 reviews

Saimaa Kanal Museum

2. Lappeenranta Fortress

Kristiinankatu, Lappeenranta 53900 Finland http://www.lappeenranta.fi/In_English/Lappeenranta_In_Brief/Lappeenranta_Fortress.iw3
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4.5 based on 208 reviews

Lappeenranta Fortress

Reviewed By jlaakso - Porvoo, Finland

Three museums (two art museums and a small and comfy cavalry museum), nice cafes, lots of shops with local arts and crafts. We had pancakes with honey that’s made by bees local to the fortress yard!

3. Wolkoff House Museum

Kauppakatu 26, Lappeenranta 53100 Finland http://www.lappeenranta.fi/en/-City-services/Culture-and-sports/Museums/Wolkoff-House-Museum
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4.5 based on 20 reviews

Wolkoff House Museum

Reviewed By outip2019

You get to Wolkoff’s foyer directly from the museum shop. It’s a small place. One room, barely big enough for about four people. But it’s big in history. The whole history of Lappeenranta lives there. It is embedded into the walls, the floor and the ceiling, all wooden. A few minutes is enough to get the vibes, but an hour or two of meditation would be optimal. The whole house is nice, but the foyer is amazing. There are two writings on the wall: E.T. (!) and LETTU, which is a crepe, like a pancake. It seems that E.T. loves crepes, or Finnish style pancakes. They are to be eaten either with sugar sprinkled on top or with a good jam like strawberry or raspberry. For a drink a glass of milk if you’re a young one or young at heart. A cup of coffee if you’re a more mature person. Back to the foyer of Wolkoff’s house museum. In my opinion this is the number one place in Lappeenranta. Visit this one and you understand the history of the town.

4. Karelia Aviation Museum

Lentokentantie 37, Lappeenranta 53600 Finland https://www.ilmailumuseot.fi/museot/karjalan-ilmailumuseo--karelia-aviation-museum
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4.5 based on 2 reviews

Karelia Aviation Museum

5. Lappeenranta Car Museum

Tapavainolantie 18, Lappeenranta 53850 Finland +358 50 3398860 [email protected] http://www.lappeenrannanautomuseo.fi/index.htm
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Lappeenranta Car Museum

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