Tuusniemi

Tuusniemi is a municipality in the North Savonia region of Eastern Finland.

Get in

Kuopio is the nearest city, and 🌍 Kuopio Airport located in Siilinjärvi is the nearest airport. Highway 9 runs through Tuusniemi.

By bus

Coaches coordinated by Matkahuolto connect Tuusniemi between Kuopio and Joensuu.

Get around

By taxi

  • Smartphone apps: Valopilkku, 02 Taksi, Taksi EHT

See

  • 🌍 Seinävuori Gorge (Seinävuoren rotkolaakso), Seinävuorentie (about 6 kilometers north of the Tuusniemi centre; from Highway 9, follow the signs to get there). The gorge valley shaped by the Ice Age is a rugged, natural reserve site worth seeing. A great destination also for hiking and camping.
  • 🌍 Tuusniemi Church (Tuusniemen kirkko), Keskitie 21. A wooden church from 1869, designed by Ernst Lohrmann.
  • 🌍 Tuusniemi Local Museum (Tuusniemen kotiseutumuseo), Keskitie 9, +358 44 720 9014. In the local museum you can get to know local household and agricultural artefacts. The museum's building is the parish's former granary.

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