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Porvoo Travel Guide
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Porvoo harbour

Porvoo harbour

Eric Toonen

These days, Porvoo is a thriving town with a chemical, graphical and electrotechnical industry and at the same time the second oldest city in Finland. It has a well preserved medieval city heart with small streets and red coloured warehouses that stretch out along the riverside. Amongst its museums is the Johan Ludvig Runeberg museum dedicated to Finland’s greatest national poet. Located at a 50 kilometres’ distance from Helsinki, Porvoo can be easily reached by bus or by boat (during summer time).

If you visit Helsinki by a cruise ship, try to take a shore excursion which includes Porvoo. Porvoo is a lovely old city and the old section of the city is situated on a river with old cobblestone roads and quaint shops. Visit the chocolate shop as they give out free samples.

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The Home of J. L. Runeberg
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The Finnish national poet J.L Runeberg lived in this house togetether with his wife until his death in 1877.
type: Museums
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address: Aleksanterinkatu 3
openinghours: Mon-Fri 10am-4pm, Sun 11am-5pm.
tel: (019) 581 330
Porvoo Museum of Natural History
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The museum of national history has a permanent exhibition on Finnish animals in their natural surroundings.
type: Museums
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address: Kaivokatu 40
openinghours: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm. Sun 11am-4pm.
tel: (019) 523 1700
Kiiala Manor
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One of the old historical mansions in Parvoo.
type: Museums
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address: Kiialantie 22
openinghours: Tue-Thu 10am-5pm. Fri 10am-6pm.
tel: (019) 580 074
Studio Museum
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Museum dedicated to the life and work of Albert Edelfeltin. Most of his paintings were painted in this building.
type: Museums
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address: Edelfeltinpolku 3
openinghours: Tue-Sun 10am-2pm.
tel: (019) 577 414
Historical Museum
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Display of old cultural and historical items from historic Porvoo, housed in the old city hall.
type: Museums
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address: Välikatu 11
tel: (019) 574 7589
Doll and Toy Museum of Porvoo
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Display of a large private collection with toys and dolls from both the 19th and the 20th century.
type: Museums
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address: Jokikatu 14
openinghours: Mon-Sat 11am-3:30pm.
tel: (019) 582 941

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Porvoo City Tourist Office
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Rihkamakatu 4, 06100 Porvoo. Tel. (019) 580 145, fax (019) 582 721. Open summer: Mon-Fri 10 am-6 pm, Sat-Sun 10 am-4 pm. Rest of the year: Mon-Fri 10 am-4.30 pm, Sat 10 am-2 pm.
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