natural wonder
Punkaharju Esker
A famous pine-clad glacial ridge threading between two lakes, a slender natural causeway in the Saimaa lakeland.
27 km · about 30 min drive
South Karelia, Finland · Europe
Parikkala is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Rautjärvi, 27km from Punkaharju Esker.
Parikkala is a town located in South Karelia, Finland. With a population of 4,274, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Parikkala 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 Parikkala to your route.
Parikkala (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpɑrikːɑlɑ]) is a municipality of Finland located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region, 97 kilometres (60 mi) from Lappeenranta and 139 kilometres (86 mi) from Joensuu. The town center of Parikkala is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from theRead more
Russian border. The municipality has a population of 4,235 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 760.71 square kilometres (293.71 sq mi) of which 167.78 km2 (64.78 sq mi) is water. The population density is 7.15 inhabitants per square kilometre (18.5/sq mi).
Parikkala is located around Simpelejärvi lake and it is a part of a countryside rich with hills and chains of ridges. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The neighboring municipalities of Parikkala are Kitee, Rautjärvi, Ruokolahti and Savonlinna.
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Parikkala is located in South Karelia, Finland, Europe. The coordinates are 61.5500 latitude, 29.5000 longitude.
Parikkala has a population of approximately 4,274 people, making it a town in Finland.
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natural wonder
A famous pine-clad glacial ridge threading between two lakes, a slender natural causeway in the Saimaa lakeland.
27 km · about 30 min drive
castle
A dramatic island castle rising from the lake at Savonlinna, host of a renowned summer opera festival.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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Once the Niagara of Finland and the country's first tourist attraction, the Vuoksi rapids now roar to life at scheduled dam releases on summer evenings, set to music below the castle-like 1903 Imatran Valtionhotelli.
57 km · about 65 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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