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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.
59 km · about 70 min drive
Paijat-Hame, Finland · Europe
Padasjoki sits on the route: 20 minutes from Auttoinen, 59km from Häme Castle.
Padasjoki is a town located in Paijat-Hame, Finland. With a population of 2,670, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Padasjoki 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 Padasjoki to your route.
Padasjoki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpɑdɑsˌjoki]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijät-Häme region. It is 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Padasjoki to Lahti and 65 kilometres (40 mi) to Heinola. The municipality has a population of 2,656 (31 December 2025)Read more
and covers an area of 729.85 square kilometres (281.80 sq mi) of which 206.68 km2 (79.80 sq mi) is water. The population density is 5.08 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.2/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Padasjoki is known as a summer cottage municipality. By number, it has more holiday homes than permanent residents.
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Padasjoki is located in Paijat-Hame, Finland, Europe. The coordinates are 61.3500 latitude, 25.2833 longitude.
Padasjoki has a population of approximately 2,670 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.
59 km · about 70 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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