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Tohmajärvi Voyage Tips and guide

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Tohmajärvi is a municipality in North Karelia, Finland. Kemie is the administrative centre.

Understand

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Kirkkoniemi and Lake Tohmajärvi

The municipality is located at the Russian border, with a border crossing. The Värtsilä municipality was consolidated with Tohmajärvi in 2005.

Get in

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Travel Warning Visa restrictions:
In response to Russia's war in Ukraine, Russian tourists are banned from entering Finland.
(Information last updated Jan 2023)

Tohmajärvi is on the Blue Highway – from Mo i Rana via Umeå, Vaasa, Kuopio and Joensuu – the last stretch to Tohmajärvi along highway 9. The route crosses the border at the 1 Niirala border crossing point (the Russian side: Värtsilä, Вя́ртсиля) and continues to Petrozavodsk (Finnish: Petroskoi).

Highway 6, via Imatra in the south, passes through the western part of the municipality, where it joins Highway 9 from Joensuu.

Get around

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By taxi

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See North Karelia#By taxi

  • Smartphone app (as of 2020): 02 Taksi

See

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Interior of the Saario Power Plant Museum

Do

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  • 1 Kirkkoniemi Beach (Kirkkoniemen uimaranta), Kirkkotie (on the shores of Lake Tohmajärvi). OSM directions Apple Maps directions (beta) Google Maps directions

Buy

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  • 1 Akselin Herkkupaja, Metsäkouluntie 22 (in the Onkamo village), +358 400-253-487, . A shop selling cultivated strawberries. OSM directions Apple Maps directions (beta) Google Maps directions
  • 2 Säästömesta, Kauppakatu 5. M–F 09:00–17:00, Sa 09:00–15:00. A local discount store. OSM directions Apple Maps directions (beta) Google Maps directions
  • 3 Tavaratori, Järnefeltintie 8, +358 400-758-759. M–F 09:00–17:00, Sa 09:00–14:00. A local discount store. OSM directions Apple Maps directions (beta) Google Maps directions

Grocery stores

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Eat

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Drink

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Cafés

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  • 1 Renkitupa, Kirkkotie 14. M–Sa 11:00–19:00, Su 12:00–16:00. OSM directions Apple Maps directions (beta) Google Maps directions
  • 2 Cafe Elja, Rajantie 690 (near the Niirala crossing point), +358 44-491-8513. Tu–F 09:00–15:00. OSM directions Apple Maps directions (beta) Google Maps directions

Bars

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Sleep

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Connect

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Internet

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Many places of business may have Wi-Fi for customers; ask the staff for details.

For free Wi-Fi and internet terminals, check the 1 Tohmajärvi Library.

Stay safe

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  • 2 Tohmajärvi Health Centre (Tohmajärven terveyskeskus), Takkunurmentie 9, +358 13 330 2342. M–F 08:00–16:00. Municipal health centre (taken over by the new organisation 1 January 2023, phone numbers and web site may have changed). OSM directions Apple Maps directions (beta) Google Maps directions

In emergencies, 112 (free from all phones). This includes social services, although for non-urgent matters you could contact the social services directly.

Go next

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Routes through Tohmajärvi
JoensuuHammaslahti  NW  SE  VyartsilyaSortavala



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