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Porvoo Old Town
A riverside town of cobbled lanes and ochre-red shore warehouses, a favourite day-drive east of Helsinki.
18 km · about 20 min drive
Uusimaa, Finland · Europe
Pornainen is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Monninkylä, 51km from Nuuksio National Park.
Pornainen is a town located in Uusimaa, Finland. With a population of 4,964, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Pornainen (Finnish: [ˈpornɑi̯nen]; Swedish: Borgnäs) is a small municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The neighboring municipalities are Askola in the east, Mäntsälä in the north, Porvoo in the southeast and Sipoo in the southwest. It is locatedRead more
18 kilometres (11 mi) east of the town of Järvenpää.
The municipality has a population of 4,919 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 150.09 square kilometres (57.95 sq mi) of which 3.59 km2 (1.39 sq mi) is water. The administrative centre of municipality is Kirveskoski (about 2,000 residents), also known as Pornainen's church village, and second largest village is Halkia (about 500 residents). The population density is 33.57 inhabitants per square kilometre (86.9/sq mi).
Movies and scenes for TV productions and short films have been filmed in Pornainen from the 1930s to the present day. In the publications of film industry, Pornainen was once named the most photographed locality in Finland, that is why the municipality has marketed itself under the nickname "Hollywood of Finland". The village of Laukkoski is known as a summer destination for many former celebrities, such as actress Regina Linnanheimo, and writers Mika Waltari and Juhani Aho.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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Pornainen is located in Uusimaa, Finland, Europe. The coordinates are 60.4758 latitude, 25.3749 longitude.
Pornainen has a population of approximately 4,964 people, making it a town in Finland.
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landmark
A riverside town of cobbled lanes and ochre-red shore warehouses, a favourite day-drive east of Helsinki.
18 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Helsinki's beloved amusement park operating since 1950 with all profits going to Finnish child welfare organizations.
40 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
A striking neoclassical Lutheran cathedral overlooking Senate Square in the heart of Helsinki.
41 km · about 50 min drive
castle
A sea fortress built on a group of islands off the coast of Helsinki, one of the largest maritime fortresses in the world.
42 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
A remarkable Lutheran church in Helsinki excavated directly into solid rock, topped with a copper dome that floods the interior with natural light.
42 km · about 50 min drive
cafe
Tiny red 1887 fisherman's hut on the Töölö shoreline, now Helsinki's best-loved café: cinnamon buns and coffee by the water, sausages grilled over an open fire, kayaks and SUPs for rent off the jetty.
42 km · about 50 min drive
national park
A pristine forest and lake wilderness just 30 minutes from Helsinki, offering easy access to quintessential Finnish nature.
51 km · about 60 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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