ENGLISH Loviisa Free travel guide visitloviisa.fi 2019 1 2 The Coastal Loviisa is the best small town in Finland! Loviisa, founded in 1745, has an interesting history. The town features fabulous town architecture, an inviting guest harbour and a unique feeling created by historical buildings, blooming gardens and a compact town centre. Pictorial countryside, beautiful archipelago, old Strömfors Iron Works milieu and versatile outdoor life opportunities will optimise your visit. And of course the children will also enjoy themselves in this home town of children’s Jill and Joy (Onneli and Anneli) movies. All this you can find along the E18 highway, less than an hour’s drive from Helsinki and within easy reach from Porvoo, Kotka and Kouvola. The Loviisa-dwellers are the friendliest along the south coast of Finland, wishing their guests warmly welcome. Free Welcome to Loviisa! parking! visitloviisa.fi CONTENTS Sights p. 4 • Events p. 10 • Nature & Activities p. 16 • Shopping p. 18 • Eat & Drink p. 20 • Accommodation p. 23 • Services & Service catalogue p. 24 ”Come here! There are superb What facilities for Relaxed atmosphere canoeing chances outdoor life! Hiking, and nice people. in Loviisa: you can biking, canoeing … #plagen #beachlife paddle even with your you name it … in an epic #happy #holiday head down below the old iron works milieu! surface! When will #eventhedoglikesit you join us? #strömforsironworks #realmenusecanoes 3 Just like in the old times! Wooden houses & cobblestone streets The historical lower part of town by the seaside is one of the most uniform 18th century wooden town sections in Finland. Cobblestones, sandy alleys, sheltered courtyards and bright-coloured facades make you smile. Loviisa has the 1970s town architect Elmar Badermann to thank for preserving the lower town plan, town structure and the valuable old buildings as an intact whole. 4 SIGHTS Catch the sights It is wonderful just to wander around in Loviisa, but there are some unique sights you do not want to miss. For example, the beautiful market square and its surroundings, the Kappelinpuisto Park, town museum, old lower town, Suolatori (the ”Salt square”) and the Laivasilta area (with old salt warehouses turned into restaurants and shops). Other points of interest are the Myllyharju song trail with its poem-decorated benches, and the Kukkukivi tower, a panorama lookout over the sea, the fortresses, the Ehrensvärd hiking route for history and nature lovers, Svartholma Sea Fortress, the medieval Pernaja church and the old Strömfors Iron Works. Allow yourself to be attracted by Loviisa’s most beautiful sights! Guests, boats & evening sun The Laivasilta area is the pulsing heart of Loviisa in the summer. Restaurants, the guest harbour, shops, the maritime museum, the Jill and Joy playground, the packet yacht Österstjernan, salt warehouses – there is plenty to see in the area. Enjoy your summer days in this relaxed atmosphere. LAIVASILTA GUEST HARBOUR • Depth in the guest harbour 2.7 m • 60 berths, water, electricity, fuelling, waste collection, septic tank exhaustion • The service building offers sauna and shower, laundromats and driers • Harbour fee 20 €/boat/day Regards from Laivasilta • The guest harbour is open daily from June 1st to and the guest harbour! August 31st, and in May and September on request Great atmosphere and lots visitloviisa.fi, loviisa.fi, tel. +358 440 555 883 of fun pastime for the kids. #whatelsecanyouwishfor #summerfun 5 PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE FOR 2019 BOAT TRAFFIC SCHEDULE GUIDED WALKING TOURS st th Departures from Laivasilta June 1 –June 16 and th st Svartholma st th June 1 –June 16 and August 17 –September 1 August 17th–September 1st Saturday through Sunday Saturday through Sunday at 11 a.m. and 2.45 p.m. in Finnish at 12 noon and 4 p.m. in Swedish, st th Sea Fortress June 21 -August 11 in English on request. Tuesday through Sunday st th vaults, history, fun & excitement (not on Mondays) June 21 -August 11 Tuesday through Sunday at 10 and 11 a.m. Svartholma Sea Fortress at the Svartholma is a sister fortress at 12 noon in Finnish and 2 and 3.30 p.m. at 4 p.m. in Swedish entrance to the Bay of Loviisa is of Suomenlinna in Helsinki, Departures from Svartholma Prices: 6 €/adult, a popular excursion destination belonging to the same defence st th June 1 –June 16 and 3 €/child (aged 7–12). th st for the whole family, reachable chain of fortresses. The August 17 –September 1 Cash payment only. by both private boats and fortification of the island was Saturday through Sunday scheduled boat services. There started in 1748 according to the June 21st-August 11th SVARTHOLMA EXHIBITION June 1st–June 16th and are plenty of free berths for boats. plans made by Colonel Augustin Tuesday through Sunday (not on Mondays) August 17th–September 1st Inside the fortress, the island’s Ehrensvärd. Most of the work was at 10.30 a.m. Saturday through Sunday colourful history is exhibited. In finished during the 1750s. and 1, 3 and 5 p.m. June 21st-August 11th the summertime, guided walks The Swedish command in Prices (two-way ticket): Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. are arranged, and there are two Svartholma came to an end 18 €/adult, Free entrance. playgrounds and several campfire 9 €/child (aged 7–12) in 1808, when Svartholma No charge for children sites on the island. In the summer surrendered almost without under 7 years of age. Further information on time you can find a relaxed resistance to Russia. During the Cancelled in the event of Svartholma and it’s services is restaurant in the island, with live stormy weather. available from Crimean war in 1855 an English Loviisa Tourist Office, Advance purchase of tickets music during several weekends. squadron blasted the fortress, and tel. +358 40 555 3387 is recommended at: visitloviisa.fi the ruins were left as they were. visitsvartholm.fi or visitsvartholm.fi tel. +358 600 390 111 luontoon.fi/svartholma Operator Suomen Saaristokuljetus Oy suomensaaristokuljetus.fi Tikander Sea-Service Boat transportation service BISTRO SVARTHOLM tel. +358 400 674 358 June 1st–June 16th and [email protected] August 17th–September 1st Saturday through Sunday Big Adventure Rights for modifications June 21st-August 11th reserved! Tuesday through Sunday (closed on Mondays) Further information theronbistro.fi/bistrosvartholm visitsvartholm.fi tel. +358 20 787 9754 6 Loviisa church Windmill Kukkukivi tower The Bastions, The imposing neo-gothic church The windmill is a beautiful From the beautiful Ungern and Rosen in the centre of Loviisa was sight on top of the Myllyharju nationalromantic Kukkukivi The fortress bastions Ungern and finished in 1865. The red-brick ridge, about 200 metres from you can enjoy a panorama Rosen are grand landmarks of church was designed by the the church. According to lore, view over the Bay of Loviisa. Loviisa town centre. Designed architect G.T. Chiewitz and built there used to be ten mills on The tower was designed by by Augustin Ehrensvärd, the in 1862–1865 after the previous the ridge up until the end of architect K. Hjelt in 1906, as construction of the fortresses wooden church was destroyed the 19th century. The present part of Loviisa’s history as a spa to safeguard the eastern border in a town fire in 1855. Some restored windmill was brought town. The visitors to the spa of Sweden was started in 1748. artefacts could be rescued there in 1926. took walks here to admire the According to the original plan, from the old church and put on scenery and breathe in fresh the whole town would have been display at the present one, e.g. sea air. The nicely restored surrounded by the fortress, but the old altar piece and crucifix, cast iron tower Kukkukivi is only a part of the construction was as well as the clock and the located on the ridge in the finished. The bastions Ungern and brass crown in the sacristy. middle of Loviisa, and it is still Rosen were almost done, as well Open from June 4th until August a very popular place to stop 10th, Tuesdays through Saturdays, as their earthfill embankments. The and on Saturday August 17th, 24th for a moment of rest. ruined walls of the bastions have and 25th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. been repaired often over time, and Brandensteininkatu 2 both of them are presently used as agricolanseurakunta.fi recreation areas. Cruises on board M/s J. L. Runeberg Market Square & Town Hall SPECIAL MARKET DAYS IN 2019 Visit Loviisa by boat – is there a better way to spend a Most of the stately 19th century stone beautiful summer day than take a cruise from Helsinki houses surrounding the town market February Market: Saturday February 2nd to Loviisa along our scenic southern coast, through the square have their origins in the office April Market: spectacular archipelago! Cruise customers are treated to a of the architect Georg Chiewitz. Saturday April 6th free guided walking tour in Loviisa in Finnish and Swedish. The market square milieu remains Midsummer Market: uniquely intact. Tuesday June 11th th th Departures from Helsinki Market Square on July 18 and 25 , Loviisa Day Market: and August 1st at 10 a.m. and from Loviisa at 5.30 p.m. THE LOVIISA MARKET SQUARE IS OPEN Tuesday August 20th Price for a two-way ticket: 55 €/adult, Winter, September 1st–April 30th: Autumn Market: 49 €/senior citizen, 29 €/child (aged 7–16). Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays from 7 a.m. Tuesday October 1st Reservations: tel. +358 19 524 3331, msjlruneberg.fi to 1 p.m. Christmas Market: th Summer, May 2nd–August 31st: Mondays Tuesday December 10 through Saturdays from 7 a.m.