Hamina Travel Guide

Not worth more than an hour....been here more than 15 times enroute to Russia and what a boring place!!!

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SOME INFO ABOUT THE COUNTY:::::::::::::::
Kymi
in full KYMEN LÄÄNI, Swedish KYMMENE LÄN, lääni (province), southeastern Finland, bounded by the Gulf of Finland (south) and by Russia (east). The province has a land area of 4,145 square miles (10,736 square km) and includes the southern section of the Saimaa lake system, which is drained by the Kymijoki and Vuoksi rivers. Kymijoki valley industries include timber processing and wood products, iron and steel, textile milling, and granite and limestone quarrying. Kouvola, the administrative capital, has paper and pulp mills and is a major rail junction. Kotka and Hamina are two of the most important ports on the Gulf of Finland. The lääni was created in 1944 and encompasses the part of former Viipuri (present Vyborg) county that was not ceded to the U.S.S.R. Pop. (1991 est.) 334,905.

AND YOU THOUGHT THE CHINESE LANGUAGE WAS DIFFICULT::::then look at this..Lappeenrannalla on monta nimeä kuten Lehmusten kaupunki, Ratsuväen kaupunki, Portti Saimaalle, Gateway itään... Kaikille näille lempinimille löytyy toki perusteensa. Mm. ensimmäiset puistolehmukset istutettiin jo Suvorovin aikaan 1780 -luvulla ja tänä päivänä pelkästään katulehmuksia on jo lähes 2600. Ratsuväen vuosisataiset perinteet näkyvät katukuvassa punahousuisina ja luurankotakkisina ratsukoina ja rakuunain perinnejuhlina. Linnoitus museoineen, käsityöpajoineen ja kahviloineen henkii historiaa. Elämyksiä Saimaalla tarjoaa kymmenkunta eri laivaa, suuntana voi olla saaristolabyrintti tai kanava sulkuportteineen, kohteena savusauna tai peräti Viipuri.
Tervetuloa viihtymään!
The picture is of the town crest of HAMINA!

The attractive bagel allures you to go inside of it but try to avoid it! It might be difficult to get free.

Unique Suggestions: Make sure that you're as small as my little sister was when she was 9!

Fun Alternatives: Just look when the other get stuck! :D

after a nice sauna.... be ready.... RUN RUN RUN and go in the sea ( not very warm)!!!
original experience for a french guy!! you'll feel an unknown sensation!
i can't explain you more! just test it! :-p

Favorite thing: Here is some of the tourist offices where you can get more info
if your really serious about sticking around there!

Hamina Town Tourist Office
Raatihuoneentori 1, 49400 HAMINA
tel. +358 5 749 5251
fax +358 5 749 5381
email: matkailu@hamina.fi
Open: Mon - Fri 9-16

Secretary for Tourism Tuula Malo
tel. + 358 5 749 5254
email: tuula.malo@hamina.fi

Clerk Taina Tiittanen
tel. +358 5 749 5251
email: taina.tiittanen@hamina.fi

Tourist Information (in summer):

Flag Tower, Market Place
tel. +358 5 749 5252
Kaivokatu 6, 49400 HAMINA
Open: Mon-Fri 9-18, Sat-Sun 10-15

Archipelago Info
Tervasaari Guest Harbour
tel. +358 40-594 4717
Open: Mon-Fri 10-18, Sat-Sun 10-15

If your car gets stolen by the Russian Maffia (joke),there are nicer cars to steal in Russia than Hamina! Or if you loose your passport!

Raatihuoneentori 4, PO Box 61
49401 Hamina

Feedback: palaute@hamina.poliisi.fi

Tel. (05) 2195 3500
Fax (05) 2195 3300
Mon-Fri 08.00-16.15
Virolahti Service Office
Virojoentie 7, PO Box 4
49901 Virolahti

Tel. (05) 2195 5055
Fax (05) 2195 5857
Mon-Fri 08.30-16.00

Fondest memory: GETTING BACK ON THE BUS AT THE BUS STATION AFTER A 10 MINUTE BREAK Well here is some more useful info.......The Orthodox Church of St Peter and St Paul 1837 A unique Neoclassical roud-domed temple with Byzantine influences, probably designed by the Italian-French architect Louis Visconti (known better as the designer of Napoleon's monument). The seven bells of the Neobyzantine bell tower ring out evensong at 6 p.m. on summer Saturdays.
Vehkalahti church from the 15th century. Originally medialval grey stone church dedicated to St Mary. The oldest building in Kymenlaakso province. The Neoclassical exterior is by C.L. Engel and it dates back to the renovation in the 1820's. Of the many mediaeval paintings, only the Holy Cross on the eastern wall has survived.
Kadettikoulunkatu 2, FIN-49400 HAMINA
tel. +358 5 749 5242