City: North Karelia
Top Things to do in North Karelia
What to do and see in North Karelia, Finland: The Best Museums
North Karelia (Finnish: Pohjois-Karjala; Swedish: Norra Karelen) is a region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of Kainuu, Northern Savonia, Southern Savonia and South Karelia, as well as Russia.
Restaurants in North Karelia
1. Nightwish Story
2. Parppeinvaaran Runokyla
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
Karelian cultural idiosyncrasies come together in Parppeinvaara Rune Singer's Village, Ilomantsi: kantele music, handicraft, orthodoxy and traditional food. On display in Parppeinvaara are also war history and Ilomantsi’s nature and its animals. The Rune Singer’s House , museum buildings of Mateli Kuivalatar and Korhonen, Border Major General Raappana’s Cottage, All Saints Chapel, Mesikkä Animal Museum and Restaurant Parppeinpirtti are all located in Parppeinvaara.
3. North Karelian Museum's Kids' Street Mukulakatu
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Mukulakatu is part of the North Karelian Museum. It is a fairy tale town, which is based on the history of the city of Joensuu.
4. Ikolan Museo
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
Ikola Museum is an agricultural outdoor museum located in Porokyla, Nurmes. On the museum area there are several buildings preserved to show Finnish rural life at the beginning of 20th century. There are also exhibitions on local fire brigade, dairy production and art. You can also find sheep grazing on the field and a summer cafe in the main building. Museum is only open in summer.
5. Pielisen Museum
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4.5 based on 23 reviews
6. Old Mine Mining Museum
7. Pohjois-Karjalan museo Hilma
8. Joensuun Taidemuseo Onni
9. Myllymuseo
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
10. Koli Nature Centre Ukko
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4.5 based on 18 reviews
The Koli Nature Centre Ukko offers Finland's best known national landscape, the hills of Eastern Finland and heritage sites. The Koli Heritage Exhibition displays Koli's geological features, natural environment and culture in a variety of ways and provides advice and tips for hiking in the Koli National Park. The Nature Centre is only a few hundred metres from the Ukko-Koli lookout point.
