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reindeer rides paragliding skiing and sledding tracks draw a fair number of winter visitors the proximity of the russian border is increasingly evident in the number of russian tourists visiting the city in fact lappeenranta is closer to saint petersburg 195 km or 121 miles than it is to helsinki the capital of finland 220 km or 140 miles the presence of russian tourists is noticeable by the many russian registered cars on the streets and the use of cyrillic letters in signs of some shops places and events edit the old fortress with a number of museums cafés and the oldest orthodox church in finland 31 st mary s church of lappee an 18th century wooden church in the center of the city the harbour area with cruises to vyborg and the nearby saimaa canal the central market place where you can enjoy the local specialities such as meat pies known as atomi atom or vety hydrogen the night of the fortess a two day cultural festival held in early august the lappeenranta ballet gala in late august 32 the annual lappeenranta national singing contest the biggest sand castle in finland is built next to port of lappeenranta every summer 33 there are three private cinema theatres in lappeenranta kino aula nuijamies and finnkino major league home games in ice hockey saipa basketball namika lappeenranta and other sports the iihf world championship under 18 in 2014 unlimited racing event on 27 and 29 june 2014 sports edit finland against norway during the 2004 women s bandy world championship lappeenranta has several sports teams playing in top levels of finnish sports leagues saipa is an ice hockey team playing in the highest level in finland sm liiga saipa was fourth in the national ice hockey league in the season of 2013 2014 2014 iihf ice hockey u18 world championship tournament was played kisapuisto ice hall lappeenranta imatra ice hall during 17 27 april 2014 united states won the tournament czech republic was second and canada was the third lappeenranta has long been known as one of finland s basketball cities 34 lappeenrannan nmky is a basketball team playing in the third highest level in i division b and have won two championships in 2005 and 2006 nst plays floorball in the salibandyliiga and rajaritarit is an american football team in the vaahteraliiga lappeenrannan veiterä or just veiterä plays in bandyliiga and has been finnish champions five times including in 2017 they have been the champions for women and for girls born in 1995 and 1998 35 the city hosted the first ever women s bandy world championship in 2004 and in 2014 the tournament was again played in lappeenranta the old boys world cup is annually hosted in town in 2017 for the seventh time 36 in women s sports catz lappeenranta plays basketball and pesä ysit plays finnish baseball both in the top leagues of the nation catz has won finnish national basketball championship four times in a row transport edit the lappeenranta airport terminal jouko sub urban buses in city center of lappeenranta koulukatu street 29th of september 2020 jouko route guide app digitransit in mobile phone lappeenranta is connected to neighbouring cities and municipalities by road the city is located 215 kilometres 134 mi from helsinki and 195 kilometres 121 mi from st petersburg from lappeenranta the distance to joensuu the capital of north karelia is 233 kilometres 145 mi along highway 6 there are multiple daily train departures to destinations within finland from the lappeenranta and joutseno stations and to russia from vainikkala station the allegro train service operating between helsinki and st petersburg stops in vainikkala a village in lappeenranta the journey time to helsinki is about 2 hours and st petersburg about 1 5 hours during the summer when lake saimaa and the saimaa canal are accessible by water there is a visa free connection by ship from lappeenranta to vyborg russia the regionally owned lappeenranta airport is located west of the city center 37 the airport predominantly serves charter flights to southern europe the canary islands and madeira as well as regularly scheduled flights on irish airline ryanair to italy the public transport is by bus and is called jouko 38 the jouko buses are pink colored and they serve 17 sub urban lines 1 1x 2 2h 3 3k 4 5 7 8 12 14 21 22 23 24 25 and 21 regional lines 100 101 110 111 112 113 114 120 121 130 131 200 201 300 301 500 601 602 603 610 620 jouko has waltti travel card to which you can charge a 30 day season ticket travel zones a c or a value tickets which works also in other finnish cities which do have the waltti ticket system other ways to buy a ticket in jouko buses are single tickets payment with cash or credit card mobile tickets payiq etc and 24 hour ticket jouko has also own route guide https lappeenranta digitransit fi where you can plan a route see timetables and also see all the jouko buses in the map you can also view delays exceptions and other releases jouko sub urban transport is operated by savonlinja regional lines are operated by savonlinja kymen charterline and vento the sub urban bus fleet consists of low floor city buses and the bus models are scania citywide ii electric volvo 8900le and scania citywide le suburban two of them are cng buses jouko sub urban routes edit 1 university sammonlahti city centre lauritsala kiiskinmäki 1x university sammonlahti city centre 2 kivisalmi city centre lauritsala hovinpelto on sundays via central hospital 2h hovinpelto lauritsala railway station leiri city centre 3 leiri railway station city centre pikisaari kariniemi kivisalmi 3k kivisalmi city centre leiri kesämäki 3k kesämäki railway station city centre kivisalmi 4 mäntylä city centre karhuvuori 4 city centre karhuvuori 5 university sammonlahti city centre railway station 7 mustola lauritsala city centre 8 kariniemi pikisaari city centre sammonlahti ruoholampi rutola 12 university sammonlahti city centre 12 kivisalmi city centre 12 university sammonlahti city centre karhuvuori lauritsala hovinpelto mustola kiiskinmäki 12 kiiskinmäki kanavansuu lauritsala city centre kivisalmi 14 mäntylä city centre karhuvuori lauritsala mustola 21 vuoksenniska sotkulampi imatrankoski mansikkala keskusasema central station mustalampi vuoksenniska 22 vuoksenniska mustalampi mansikkala keskusasema central station imatrankoski sotkulampi vuoksenniska 23 jakola imatrankoski mansikkala keskusasema central station sienimäki vuoksenniska rautio huhtanen 24 mansikkala keskusasema central station imatrankoski meltola salo issakka perä meltola meltola imatrankoski mansikkala keskusasema central station 25 imatran kylpylä imatra spa mansikkala keskusasema central station saareksiinmäki meltola imatrankoski education edit lappeenranta is known as an international university city in finland with lut university and lab 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 kilometres 134 mi from both helsinki and st petersburg lappeenranta has numerous schools at almost all levels of education including the lut university lab university of applied sciences 39 located in a shared skinnarila campus of around 8000 students the army academy branch of the finnish defence forces south karelia vocational college and south karelia adult education centre notable people edit anna kaarina aalto physician and politician antti aalto born 1975 former ice hockey player koop arponen born 1984 singer and winner of the fourth series of the idols in 2008 ivan fedotov born 1996 finnish born russian professional ice hockey goaltender kaarlo halttunen born 1909 former actor laila hirvisaari formerly laila hietamies novelist she has written a novel series about lappeenranta and its people horna finnish black metal band kari jormakka philosopher architect and architecture theorist kotiteollisuus hard rock band matti lehtinen 1922 2022 operatic baritone kiba lumberg born 1956 finnish author and writer pave maijanen 1950 2021 musician miikka multaharju born 1977 football player jukka paarma born 1942 former archbishop of turku and finland tiia piili born 1979 gymnast saku puhakainen born 1975 football player jaska raatikainen born 1979 drummer of the band children of bodom jaana savolainen born 1964 cross country skier sargeist finnish black metal band satanic warmaster finnish black metal band petri skriko born 1962 retired ice hockey player in the nhl in us juha tiainen former olympic gold medallist in hammer throw mokoma thrash metal band battlelore symphonic metal band hanna pakarinen born 1981 the first idols winner in finland came from lappeenranta christian ruuttu born 1964 former ice hockey player in the nhl vesa vierikko born 1956 finnish actor vesa viitakoski born 1971 former ice hockey player in sm liiga in media edit lappeenranta is the setting for bordertown the finnish police drama broadcast by netflix twin towns sister cities edit see also list of twin towns and sister cities in finland lappeenranta is twinned with 40 rakvere estonia 41 stykkishólmur iceland drammen norway örebro sweden kolding denmark klin russia schwäbisch hall germany 42 szombathely hungary lake worth beach florida us chernihiv ukraine see also edit imatra joensuu saimaa canal notes edit statistics finland classifies a person as having a foreign background if both parents or the only known parent were born abroad 26 references edit area of finnish municipalities 1 1 2018 pdf national land survey of finland retrieved 30 january 2018 population growth slowed down in 2025 population structure statistics finland 2026 04 01 issn 2243 3627 retrieved 2026 04 06 population growth slowed down in 2025 population structure statistics finland 2026 04 01 issn 1797 5395 retrieved 2026 04 01 population according to age 1 year and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year 2003 2020 statfin statistics finland retrieved 2 may 2021 finland travel getting to mikkeli and savonlinna lake saimaa visit saimaa lappeenrannan imago korkealla yle in finnish december 8 2009 retrieved october 18 2021 lappeenrannan imago hyvää keskisarjaa etelä saimaa in finnish december 2 2011 archived from the original on august 26 2014 retrieved october 18 2021 everett heath john 22 october 2020 lappeenranta concise oxford dictionary of world place names oxford university press isbn 978 0 19 190563 6 paasikivi jyrki talka anu 2018 rajamaa etelä karjalan historia i in finnish keuruu otavan kirjapaino oy p 204 isbn 978 951 37 7468 4 paasikivi jyrki talka anu 2018 rajamaa etelä karjalan historia i in finnish keuruu otavan kirjapaino oy p 192 isbn 978 951 37 7468 4 history city of lappeenranta archived from the original on 6 march 2019 retrieved 4 march 2019 paasikivi jyrki talka anu 2018 rajamaa etelä karjalan historia i in finnish keuruu otavan kirjapaino oy p 395 isbn 978 951 37 7468 4 fortress history city of lappeenranta retrieved 4 march 2019 vanha suomi syntyi ennen suomen suuriruhtinaskuntaa helsingin sanomat in finnish december 12 2017 retrieved october 17 2021 etelä karjalasta yksi kunta yle 8 february 2012 retrieved 20 june 2023 lappeenranta finland köppen climate classification weatherbase weatherbase retrieved 2019 03 04 lappeenranta climate lappeenranta temperatures lappeenranta weather averages www lappeenranta climatemps com retrieved 2019 03 04 average weather in lappeenranta finland year round weather spark weatherspark com retrieved 2019 03 04 europe 1 warmer lappeenranta www onedegreewarmer eu retrieved 2019 03 04 lappenranta green reality lappeenranta 02958 wmo weather station noaa ftp retrieved march 4 2019 to view documents see help ftp suomen tilastollinen vuosikirja 1940 pdf in finnish tilastollinen päätoimisto 1941 retrieved 5 january 2024 number of foreign language speakers grew by nearly 38 000 persons statistics finland 31 may 2023 retrieved 12 september 2023 1 2 3 number of foreign language speakers exceeded 600 000 during 2024 population structure statistics finland 2025 04 04 issn 1797 5395 retrieved 2025 04 10 1 2 3 4 population growth slowed down in 2025 population structure statistics finland 2026 04 01 issn 1797 5395 retrieved 2026 04 01 persons with foreign background statistics finland archived from the original on 5 january 2021 retrieved 18 september 2023 key figures on population by region 1990 2023 statistics finland statistics archived 2011 07 19 at the wayback machine in finnish the city of lappeenranta retrieved 13 january 2011 en lappeenrannan kaupunki www lappeenranta fi etusivu www eksote fi archived from the original on 2021 07 09 retrieved 2021 07 04 the orthodox church visitlappeenranta fi retrieved 2025 08 04 lappeenranta ballet gala archived 2011 07 19 at the wayback machine the city of lappeenranta retrieved 14 january 2011 sandcastle lappeenranta archived 2010 10 11 at the wayback machine the official homepage of the lappeenranta sandcastle retrieved 14 january 2011 koripallovaltikka istuu tukevasti lappeenrannassa ilta sanomat in finnish 8 december 2007 retrieved 14 july 2025 kampparit new finnish champions in bandy archived from the original on april 19 2014 bandy old boys vii world cup archived from the original on 2017 12 01 lappeenranta airport acquired by new company news archive finavia archived from the original on 2017 10 21 retrieved 2017 02 12 paikallisliikenne lappeenrannan kaupunki www lappeenranta fi archived from the original on 2022 08 15 retrieved 2021 02 08 saimaa university of applied sciences january 15 2013 archived from the original on 2013 01 15 twin cities archived from the original on 27 december 2014 retrieved 29 april 2014 twin cities rakvere archived from the original on 14 october 2013 retrieved 30 april 2014 schwäbisch hall and its twin towns stadt schwäbisch hall archived from the original on 2014 09 26 retrieved 2013 07 26 external links edit official website official tourism site official saimaa tourism site places adjacent to lappeenranta taipalsaari ruokolahti imatra lemi luumäki lappeenranta svetogorskoye ru kamennogorskoye ru miehikkälä kymenlaakso seleznyovskoye ru v t e municipalities of south karelia municipalities imatra lappeenranta lemi luumäki parikkala rautjärvi ruokolahti savitaipale taipalsaari former municipalities joutseno lappee lauritsala nuijamaa saari simpele suomenniemi uukuniemi ylämaa south karelia finland v t e 50 most populous urban areas in the nordic countries denmark finland iceland norway sweden 1 stockholm 1 605 030 2 copenhagen 1 330 993 3 helsinki 1 268 296 4 oslo 1 019 513 5 gothenburg 599 011 6 malmö 339 313 7 tampere 334 112 8 aarhus 280 534 9 bergen 259 958 10 turku 252 468 11 stavanger sandnes 237 369 12 reykjavík 228 231 13 oulu 208 939 14 trondheim 186 364 15 odense 180 302 16 uppsala 177 074 17 upplands väsby och sollentuna 149 461 18 aalborg 140 897 19 västerås 128 534 20 örebro 126 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