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Harbour – Summer Living Room in Lahti
The Vesijärvi Passenger Harbour located next to the Sibelius
Hall has become a meeting place for tourists and the locals of
Lahti. The old storehouse buildings in the harbour area and the
old railway
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into cafes, restaurants and handicraft shops full of
atmosphere. The restaurant boats operate as popular summertime
terraces. The harbour has also become the centre of many
summertime events: during the past years, the shore of
Vesijärvi has operated for example as the stage for wine and
beer festivals and fish and village fairs. In the wintertime, a skiing and skating route on the ice of
lake Vesijärvi travels past the harbour. After a refreshing
outdoor exercise session, it’s wonderful to stop by to warm up
with a cup of coffee – the restaurants and cafes in the harbour
are open also in the winter!
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Harbour of Lahti has become as
a 'summer living room', when the
harbour area have been transformed into cafes, restaurants and
handicraft shops full of atmosphere. |
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The Sibelius Hall, located close to downtown Lahti, on the
shore of lake Vesijärvi is renown as a concert hall with
magnificent acoustics and an excellent meeting and conference
location.
Cruises on Lakes Vesijärvi and Päijänne
You can travel from Lahti on a route ship all the way to
Jyväskylä, but you can also take shorter Vesijärvi cruises from
the harbour on a paddle-wheel steamer or jump aboard an
old-fashioned steam
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lake Päijänne via the Vääksy canal. During the trip, you’ll be
able to enjoy bounty of the ship’s buffet table and admire the
lake scenery. The other harbours in the Lahti region, such as the harbours in
Heinola and Padasjoki, are filled with cruise ships in the
summertime. If you wish to embark on the water, you can board
these ships and sail on the open waters of lake Päijänne, for
example. For dedicated landlubbers, the wonderful scenery of lake
Päijänne also opens in the magnificent lighthouse pavilion at the
mouth of the Vääksy canal!
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The Aino Boat in Vääksy canal |
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Vääksy canal and Padasjoki Boat Harbour
The heart of Asikkala is the Vääksy canal that was build in
1871 to facilitate the water traffic between lakes Vesijärvi and
Päijänne. The idyllic canal area almost immediately became a
popular tourist attraction; currently, it is the leisure traffic
canal with the most traffic in Europe.
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of your own or on several route ships from, for example, Lahti
or Heinola. Several events are arranged in the canal area
especially in the summertime. Padasjoki Boat Habrour has all the services needed for a great
holiday. It is located only a couple of kilometres from the centre
of Padasjoki and has about thirty places for guests’ boats. The
pier is also a stopping place for the route ships and ships
available on order on lake Päijänne.
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Boys fishing on a dock |
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Conquer the Lahti Region by Canoe
Lakes Vesijärvi and Päijänne offer an extensive canoeing route
network surrounded by the clean lakeside nature and ridge scenery.
You can hire a canoe and have a daytime trip for example to
Enonsaari island, where you can spend a pleasant summer day
swimming and roasting sausages on open fire.
The Lake Päijänne National Park and ridge Pulkkilanharju
dividing lake Päijänne are a genuine treasure for those loving
longer canoe trips. The national park is an archipelago unity
worth seeing with steep cliffs, sandy ridges, small islets and
nature trails. You can stop and rest or take a dip in the lake on
the sand lagoons. The park is excellent for excursions on the
water; almost all parts of the park can be reached by water only.
Tight Fishlines in Lahti Region
The versatile
fish stocks of lakes Päijänne and Vesijärvi enable eventful
fishing experiences at all times when the lakes are not frozen.
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On a canoeing trip
Catch a fish!
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Rental Cottages
The Lahti region is a popular summerhouse region - which is no
wonder, since it’s located in the heart of Finland’s lake district
surrounded by lakes Vesijärvi and Päijänne. You’ll surely find a
heaven of your own in the Lahti region where you’ll love to spend
a leisurely countryside holiday. The shores of lakes Vesijärvi and
Päijänne as well as the numerous small lakes in the region offer
an extensive selection of rental cottages with varying equipment
and prices from wilderness cabins to luxury villas.
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Rental cottage
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Snow Drifts
You can hop a pair of snow shoes and dive into the wintry
forest or let your skates slide on the clear ice of the lake!
Unique scenery of the ridge Salpausselkä provides a setting even
for a longer hiking trip.
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A Fisherman |
In the winter time lakes
are frozen and ideable for
many kinds of hobbies |
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