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.
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- 🌍 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.
Do
Buy
- 🌍 S-Market Tuusniemi, Keskitie 23. A supermarket.
- 🌍 K-Market Tuusniemi, Jokitie 3. A grocery store.
Eat
- 🌍 Tuuspata, Jokitie 3 (near the K-Market store), ☏ +358 40 418 1129, ravintola@tuuspata.fi. A restaurant serving unfussy home cooking, quality cafe services, and tasty pizzas & burgers.
Drink
- 🌍 Kellaripubi, Keskitie 26, ☏ +358 40 760 3161, kellaripupi@gmail.com. Karaoke on weekends, live music also occasionally.
Sleep
- 🌍 Hojo Hojo Camping (Viihdekeskus Hojo Hojo), Mustolantie 9 (on the shores of Lake Juojärvi; along the Highway 9), ☏ +358 17 661 555, info@hojohojo.fi. Accommodation in the immediate vicinity of a beautiful lake landscape. 619851538, 080707629