TOUR THE SUMMER EXHIBITIONS
Summer exhibitions 2025 will be published in spring.
There are also plenty of other exhibitions around Kuhmo – check local newspapers for more information.
READ
Read a newspaper, get your own library card and borrow books, check out the music section. Kuhmo Library, tel. +358 44 725 5390
VISIT A MUSEUM
Tuupala Museum, tel. +358 8 6155 5394. Open Mon–Fri 10–16
Winter War Museum, tel. +358 8 6155 5395. Open Mon–Sun 9–16.
KNOW YOUR KALEVALA – DON’T MISS JUMINKEKO
Juminkeko Centre of Kalevala and Karelian Culture, tel. +358 8 653 0670
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE KUHMO ARTS CENTRE
Guided tours, tel. +358 8 6155 5450
SEE KUHMO ON FOOT
Take a walk round the centre of Kuhmo: the old cemetery, Kuhmo Arts Centre, tar-boat shore, Juminkeko, Chamber Music Centre, Church, Tuupala Museum, Library. Info along the route.
Or book an expert guide, Eila Valtanen/email lentualta(at)gmail.com.
RELIVE THE WINTER WAR IN KUHMO
Winter War Museum, tel. +358 8 6155 5395
Jyrkänkoski base open and manned daily.
DISCOVER THE STATUES AND MONUMENTS
Monuments in the old cemetery to war heroes, famine victims and the Lentua boat disaster of 1877
Monument to victims of partisan warfare in the new cemetery
Memorial to the War of Independence in the churchyard
Memorial to the first Kuhmo church at Kuhmoniemi
Arhippa’s Stone in the Juminkeko yard
Room of Light and Tower of Pabel on the Library shore
War veterans’ monument in the front of the Kuhmo Arts Centre
Bears Maltti and Viltti in the Kuhmo Arts Centre backyard
Woman and sculpture in the Kuhmo Arts Centre backyard
Tar-burner statue by the lakeLammasjärvi
Porter’s statue in the market square
Kirveskansa Church and famine victim memorials at Lentiira
Numerous memorials on the Winter War battlefields outside the city centre
Further details from the City Info, tel. +358 8 6155 5292
SPEND A DAY AT LENTIIRA
Lentiira, about 50 kilometres from the centre, is a beautiful village. Visit the Lentiira Church and the Kirveskansa Church memorial, walk in the old cemetery, and have a cup of coffee in Lentiira Holiday Village. Coffee bookings, tel. +358 44 728 8930/Lentiira Holiday Village. The bakery in the village is open on Saturday mornings. Check it – it is wonderful to eat and buy local delicacies! Bakery/Eija Pesonen, tel. +358 40 751 3187.