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for nature and quiet life lovers an excellent place
Anjutka Says: Central Square is a market place. Here you will find also many shops as Sokos Department Store and others. And of course it is a meeting point for locals and tourists.
Anjutka Says: Just take a walk from Market Square along the central street and in some minutes you will come to Mikkeli Cathedral, an impressive building with a long staircase. It was Saturday and we could see many weddings which took place there...
Gili_S Says: As in every Finnish town, also here the market square is the place where everyone is hanging around, market shopping, a snack, a drink or just people watching?
Gili_S Says: The big church of Mikkeli is located in the city centre and on this occasion I also stepped in to take a look inside and got some details from the local guide.
Gili_S Says: This is the famous Mannerheim statue of Mikkeli. I have heard that is the commi time it was in more remote location in the city and it moved later to the main square when the authorities felt it is safe to do so ;-)
Secret Communications Centre "Lokki"
WanderingFinn Says: The war time communications centre named "Lokki" (Finnish; means seagull) was a tightly secret place. It was used for the purposes of war time communications of the Headquarters. The building work started in 1939, and the comms centre inside a cave inside a rocky hill was in...
Marshall Mannerheim's train coach
WanderingFinn Says: Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim has, perhaps more than any other individual person, impressed the history of Finland, which goes far back to the Middle Ages and is now reaching out towards integrated Europe and the globalized world.Three great eras of Finnish history meet in the...
Chatte40 Says: Kenkävero is a year-round attraction on the shore of Lake Saimaa in Mikkeli. Their pride and joy is Finland`s largest and most beautiful vicarage. The carefully restored buildings are located in a pleasant natural setting, just a short distance from the city centre.Their...
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Fernando: The best steaks and pizzas in the whole of Finland
minner02 Says: This is the best restaurant in Mikkeli - you can get great authentic Italian pizzas, Mexican bits and pieces, but the steaks... oh man, they are out of this world! All very reasonably prized, centrally located and includes a salad buffet as a starter - you cannot go wrong...
Torikahvila: A marketplace cafeteria
Soili Says: The cafeteria is special because it simply is the heart of the market place. The coffee is good, not to mention the pulla. Mikkeli without the market place and its cafeteria is unthinkable. One coffee and pulla, please. Kahvi and pulla. Finnish pulla is always good.
Gili_S Says: The usual nightlife in Mikkeli is in the small pubs in the city centre, but well, you can also have nightlife by the lake in the moonlight, sometimes.
Gili_S Says: There are few pubs and clubs in town, they are not any fascinating but well, you can go, have a drink and chat with the locals.
Gili_S Says: To get to some remote places you can take a taxi sometimes, you can imagine that Mikkeli is a bit behind time, but not that behind ;-)
Gili_S Says: You will probably get to Mikkeli by train or bus, you can see it is as small town and this is the empty bus station in the city centre.
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In the summer, and only in the summer you can buy wonderful fresh forest berries in the market, there are many kinds, my favourites are the blueberries, cranberries and cloudberries ;-)
Written Dec 25, 2007
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The market place is very central in Mikkeli. People gather there, and here you can also hear some of the Mikkeli dialect.
Don't be afraid if people come and actually talk to you: they mean no harm, they're just friendly. Even if you don't have a common language.
Written May 30, 2003
Gili_S Says: This is a unique place just outside Mikkeli, if you are with a car, its really worth to check it out, especially for their own unique own beer they brew here :)
The old garden at Kenkävero and women
Soili Says: The old placew within the town is called Kenkävero. It's possible to buy textiles and other items, such as dried herbs and delicatessen, at the shop. If you like gardening, this place offers much to see for you: the garden plants come from this area, they are strong and grow...
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For those who want to folow a horse race, MIkkeli is one of the places to head to. The race track is situated within the town itself.
A very colourful spectacle, and the town is humming with excitement on the racing day.
Updated May 30, 2003
Favorite thing: I have been to Mikkeli about 13 times, and I find this town very downcast city/town. Not allot to do here, but in the winter they get some good snow falls which is great for winter sports. They have a good Ice Hockey team called Jukurit (web link www.jukurit.fi/)
If you like snooker/pool you can have a game in a bar just in the town. But if you want to buy some souvenirs of your visit in Mikkeli /Finland you wont find them here, if you do email asap. This town of Mikkeli has some great views when you go for walks into the woods. But after been here so many times, I have to give this town my No.One vote for the most cheerless town in the world. I think the people are nice, but not allot of people have English in the shops.
(Winter Its gets dark about 2.30PM, Summer long day sometimes 1 or 2AM day light) here are some images from this city/town
http://image.irishphoto.org/albums.php?albumId=29075
Fondest memory: fireworks on new years eve with my gf
Written May 5, 2008
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Mikkeli, is a small town in the east of Finland that has very little to offer, but it is a good place where from here you can explore the wonderful nature around.
Mikkeli is very much part of my childhood. My mother was born near it, so we ended in spending the childhood summers over there. Mikkeli is situated on the lake Saimaa. A great place, a very...
Mikkeli is located in North-East Finland, about 220 kilometers from Helsinki, capital. This picture in from a park, called Kirkkopuisto.
The jewel in the crown of Finnish Lakeland
If you want to experience the peace of Finnish lakeland coupled with lively nightlife - Mikkeli is your place! The locals might be a bit shy but once they pluck up enough courage to speak English -......
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