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Häme Castle
Red-brick medieval castle in Hämeenlinna beside the Helsinki-Tampere corridor, an easy motorway detour with on-site parking.
14 km · about 25 min drive
Kanta-Häme, Finland · Europe
Janakkala is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Tervakoski, 14km from Häme Castle.
Janakkala is a town located in Kanta-Häme, Finland. With a population of 15,995, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Janakkala sits in Finland, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Helsinki time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Janakkala to your route.
Janakkala (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjɑnɑkːɑlɑ]) is a municipality of Finland. Its administrative centre is in Turenki. Janakkala is located along Highway 3 (E12) in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kanta-Häme region. To the south, Janakkala shares a boundary with Riihimäki, the northern neighbourRead more
being Hämeenlinna. It is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Turenki to Hämeenlinna, 94 kilometres (58 mi) to Tampere, and 96 kilometres (60 mi) to Helsinki.
The municipality has a population of 15,867 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 586.07 square kilometres (226.28 sq mi) of which 38.63 km2 (14.92 sq mi) is water. The population density is 28.99 inhabitants per square kilometre (75.1/sq mi). In Janakkala the rate of unemployment is 9.7% and the rate of municipal taxes is %. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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Janakkala is located in Kanta-Häme, Finland, Europe. The coordinates are 60.9000 latitude, 24.6000 longitude.
Janakkala has a population of approximately 15,995 people, making it a town in Finland.
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castle
Red-brick medieval castle in Hämeenlinna beside the Helsinki-Tampere corridor, an easy motorway detour with on-site parking.
14 km · about 25 min drive
racetrack
A narrow, undulating 2.9km circuit threading through a forested esker ridge in southern Finland, with no run-off and a genuinely old-school character. Also a public recreation area.
15 km · about 30 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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