Central Finland, Finland · Europe
Muurame is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Säynätsalo, 28km from Petäjävesi Old Church.
Muurame is a town located in Central Finland, Finland. With a population of 10,662, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Muurame 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 Muurame to your route.
Muurame is a municipality of Finland, located 16 kilometres (10 mi) south-west of Jyväskylä, the regional capital of Central Finland. Muurame itself is located between two lakes, Lake Päijänne and Lake Muuratjärvi. These two lakes are connected to each other via River Muurame. Altogether there are 37 lakes in Muurame.Read more
The biggest lakes beside Päijänne are Muuratjärvi and Lake Kuusjärvi. River Muurame streams through the population center of Muurame, which was founded in 1921.
Today Muurame shares a land border only with Jyväskylä. Before 2009, its neighboring municipalities were, in addition to Jyväskylä, the Rural Municipality of Jyväskylä and Korpilahti, and before 1993 also Säynätsalo. Säynätsalo was consolidated with the city of Jyväskylä in 1993, and the Rural Municipality of Jyväskylä and Korpilahti in 2009. Muurame still shares a water boundary not only with Jyväskylä but also with Toivakka.
The Muurame church is of Alvar Aalto's design, being his first church design to be completed in 1929. It was comprehensively restored in 2016 to its original design.
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Muurame is located in Central Finland, Finland, Europe. The coordinates are 62.1333 latitude, 25.6667 longitude.
Muurame has a population of approximately 10,662 people, making it a town in Finland.
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Log-built cross-plan church of 1763–65 in Central Finland, a UNESCO site prized as the purest example of Nordic wooden church architecture, its pine interior carved entirely by local peasant craftsmen.
28 km · about 35 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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