FIND YOUR NEW COMFORT ZONE TRAVEL GUIDE 2019 2 PORI TRAVEL GUIDE 2019 CONTENT 3 PORI IS A PLACE WHERE YOU WILL MEET HAPPY COAST KIRJURINLUOTO EVENTS 38 PEOPLE, ENJOY CULTURAL EXPERIENCES AND 6 22 30 THE BUSTLE OF A LIVELY CITY, AND FIND n n n e e e n n n i i i k k k s s s OPPORTUNITIES TO RELAX IN THE PEACE AND o o o K K K i i i s s s s s s n n n 14 A A A QUIET OF NATURE. CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALIKE © © © WILL ENJOY SPENDING TIME AT THE POPULAR SIGHTS AND MAPS AND ATTRACTIONS SERVICES INFO KIRJURINLUOTO PARK 22 AND THE BEACH AT 8 30 74 YYTERI. NUMEROUS SUMMER EVENTS, INCLUDING 38 50 n e THE PORI JAZZ FESTIVAL AND SUOMIAREENA n o k I u n n a H © © An PUBLIC DEBATE FORUM, ARE ORGANISED IN PORI. ss i Kos kinen 4 PORI TRAVEL GUIDE 2019 WELCOME 5 TOURIST INFORMATION VISIT PORI Itäpuisto 7, 28100 Pori, Finland FIND YOUR NEW TOURIST SERVICES tel. +358 2 621 7900 [email protected] MAPS AND BROCHURES COMFORT ZONE TOURIST INFORMATION Open Mon–Fri 9 am to 4:30 pm, CONCERT AND EVENT TICKETS 15–19 July Mon–Fri 9 am to 7 pm (week 29), 13–21 July Sat–Sun 10 am to 3 pm (weeks 28 and 29) — VISIT PORI OFFICIAL PORI PRODUCTS FOR EVENT ORGANISERS: WILL HELP YOU BOOK A GUIDE [email protected] ONLINE SHOP BOOK A GUIDE A good guide interprets history and the past. ALL THE WAY! Read more about our guided tours on page 49 and book a guide at visitpori.fi/en Travel Guide publisher: Visit Pori Oy • Design and layout: Staart • Photos: Visit Pori archive unless otherwise stated • 4th edition • Print: Plusprint • Paper: MultiOffset 170 g / 120 g • We reserve all rights to make changes to dates, prices, and other Services with you at all times: www.visitpori.fi/en VisitPori details. This brochure contains paid advertising. 6 PORI TRAVEL GUIDE 2019 7 YYTERI’S GOLDEN SANDS CAN YOU HEAR ME? BORN FROM CRASHING WAVES The Pori coastline is a dream destination for nature lovers. Stretching for more than six kilometres, the golden sands 8 14 18 of Yyteri are a summer paradise for the whole family. The vast sand dunes, meadows and river delta teeming with birdlife and the Bothnian Sea National Park offer unique experiences for nature lovers all year round! © © © Anssi Koskinen Anssi Koskinen Anssi Koskinen © Anssi Koskinen © Anssi 8 PORI TRAVEL GUIDE 2019 COAST 9 An experience for adults and an adventure for children — the beach at Koskinen © Anssi Yyteri seems endless and creativity has no limits. Six kilometres of soft sand and the sea that continues for as far as the eye can see. Yyteri is open every YYTERI61.569, 21.528 34, 37, 44 day of the year, not just in the summer. Come and experience it for yourself! Relax on the beach, enjoy refreshments at AHLAINEN the outdoor restaurants and the services of the spa. Experience all the delights of a beach holiday with your family — play REPOSAARI games on the beach, such as golf and KALLO Disc golf, go surfing and SUP paddling. en kin Kos © Anssi YYTERI NEW YYTERI BUS FOR THE SUMMER SEASON Between 24 June and 4 August, Yyteri can COASTAL MAP P. 79 be reached via an express bus service that is CENTRAL PORI scheduled according to trains arriving from and departing for Tampere. Convenient, isn’t it? Read © Anssi Koskinen © Anssi more: visityyteri.fi/en/plan-your-trip/arrival 10 PORI TRAVEL GUIDE 2019 COAST 11 In winter, the Yyteri sand dunes are ideal for exhilarating downhill sledging. Feel the joy of exercising in the fresh sea air with magnificent sea views. Further details on activities in the wild on page 14 © Anssi Koskinen A PLACE TO CELEBRATE The majestic views of Meri-Pori provide a timeless In Yyteri, you can enjoy good food, snacks setting for beautiful ! and refreshments at outdoor restaurants, pictures and memorable cafés and even a 56-metre-tall viewing celebrations. Check tower. The tourist area provides comfortable it out: #wedding + accommodation at the spa hotel, a camping #yyteri — area, holiday resorts, cottages and km impressive, right? apartments. Further details: 20THE CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING TRACKS IN YYTERI WILL SATISFY EVEN THE MOST HARDCORE SKIERS. © A n 52 s s i K o s k in e n © Antti Mäkelä © Antti 12 PORI TRAVEL GUIDE 2019 COAST 13 The experiences provided by nature are well known to have a powerful effect on © Patrick Hendry © Patrick the human mind. Watching happy animals 61.590, 21.496 31, 31K, 37, 40M at play is the best natural stimulant, and that’s what’s on offer at Yyteri dog beach. The beach is especially busy on hot days, but there’s plenty of space for everyone, HEAD TO THE human and canine alike. STRETCHING FOR ALMOST HALF A KILOMETRE, THE BEACH HAS PLENTY OF SPACE FOR OUR FAITHFUL FRIENDS. THE LAST ONE IN IS m BEACH WITH YOUR A ROTTEN EGG! SO, THAT WILL BE THE HUMANS.~450 The dog beach is located at Merisata- mantie 13. There is an expanded parking BEST FRIEND area for visitors opposite the Port of Pori building, on the other side of the road. The path to the beach starts next While the main beach at Yyteri is off limits to the parking expansion. to pets, the dog beach located between Mäntyluoto and Karhuluoto welcomes all HOLIDAY WITH YOUR FURRY FRIEND? RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET In Pori, we don’t turn our back on animal There’s also a beach for horses visitors — furry or otherwise! lovers, quite the opposite. Our city’s at Yyteri. The entire area south © A n numerous hotels also provide accommodation s of the Munakari sand bar is si K os for dogs, cats and smaller pets, too. kin reserved for horseback riders. en Check the offerings: visitpori.fi/en See the map on p. 79 © Wyatt Ryan / Unsplash Ryan © Wyatt 14 PORI TRAVEL GUIDE 2019 COAST 15 On trails along the Bothnian Sea, you can YYTERI HAS MORE THAN 30 admire the sand dunes, meadows and silt KILOMETRES OF HIKING areas popular with birds, grassy areas and TRAILS OF VARIOUS KINDS. 30 coastal forests. The river delta provides an excellent setting Several local entrepreneurs offer a range of for watching the migration of Arctic nature, fishing and boat trips in the Yyteri A BIRDWATCHER’S species. It is easy to observe the thousands area. The local knowledge of a good guide of migrating birds that stop here to feed will ensure you get the most out of your and rest. visit to the coastal areas — service details on p. 49 DREAM There are more than fifteen birdwatching towers and platforms in the area. All have UP TO 15 VIEWING TOWERS AND PLATFORMS ä FOR ALL OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS — FREE OF l e free access year-round and are a real treat k ä CHARGE, ALL YEAR ROUND. M The vast sand dunes, meadows and i for birdwatchers and all nature lovers. The t t n 15 A river delta teeming with birdlife © routes are marked with signs and the river en kin delta area is transversed by duckboards. Kos and the Bothnian Sea National © Anssi Park offer unique experiences #BIRDLIFESUOMI VISITYYTERI.FI/EN/PLAN-YOUR-TRIP/MAPS for nature lovers all year round. The website address seems almost as long as / Unsplash Isotalo © Niilo the Yyterinniemi hiking trails, but not quite! There is plenty to explore, so boldly step outdoors! © Anssi Koskinen © Anssi 16 PORI TRAVEL GUIDE 2019 COAST 17 Reposaari is a nationally famous wooden Mailanen © Toni district in Meri-Pori, and little wonder – the delightfully original wooden houses, the Norwegian-style church and the fishing REPOSAARI harbour with trawlers make the island very 61.617, 21.433 30M, 38, 38M, 40, 40M picturesque. DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS? PERCH For centuries, the sheltered, deep natural harbour IS A TRADITIONAL AND POPULAR GUEST AT THE DINNER TABLE IN of Reposaari has provided marine merchants and REPOSAARI. SAY “HELLO”! seafaring fighters with an important stronghold. In Reposaari, you can enjoy a delicious fish Having established the City of Pori in 1558, John, meal and admire the vast expanses of the sea from the breakwater. The rocky and Duke of Finland, donated Räpsöö to the city “to rugged shores of Siikaranta are a major enjoy and use” — and that it certainly has. Welcome! attraction for hikers. This idyllic island is FILM SETTING accessible by bus, car, boat and cruise ship. You can stay overnight at the camp- Rauni Reposaarelainen is an ing area, surrounded by nature, or in one absurd road movie about of the sophisticated floating villas. ‘samurai life’ in Meri-Pori. Follow in the footsteps ! VISITPORI.FI/EN/REPOSAARI of Rauni: join a guided “So far away and the people are walking tour of Reposaari strange.” Go and see for yourself, during the summer. a n u u maybe you’ll blend in and feel n u a K © AirAction i rn right at home? e od M © 18 PORI TRAVEL GUIDE 2019 COAST 19 KALLO AHLAINEN 61.592, 21.482 30M, 31, 37, 38, 38M, 40, 40M, 41 61.675, 21.620 62, 64 Finland’s most extreme surfers are very Ahlainen, the northernmost district of Pori, familiar with the strong surf at Yyteri is a delight with its beautiful archipelago and Mäntyluoto. In Mäntyluoto, you can views and an authentic village road with experience not only fantastic surfing wooden houses and huts by the shore.