Forssa

Forssa is a town of 18,000 inhabitants in Tavastia Proper. The municipality of Tammela, just east of Forssa, and the former municipality of Koijärvi, in the northern part of Forssa, are also handled in this article.

Understand


In the late 1800s, Forssa began to develop as an important centre for textile manufacturing. The town was known for its cotton mills and other textile factories, which provided employment to thousands of people in the region.


 * Forssa and Tammela municipal websites

Get in
If you draw a triangle where the corners are the three most populous areas in Finland - Helsinki, Tampere and Turku – Forssa is situated roughly in the middle, about 100 km from each of them. Forssa does not have an airport or railway station, so the only way to get in is by car or coach.

By bus
Forssa has coach connections from Helsinki, Pori, Turku, Lahti, Hämeenlinna and Loimaa. The is in the centre. Onnibus uses the stop 4 km from the centre, at the junction of highways 2 and 10.

Coming via Tallinn or Stockholm, there may be coach connections from the ports of Helsinki with arranged transfer, mostly via Kamppi. Coming via Turku harbour, there may be a direct service from the ferry terminal to Forssa.

By train
Humppila is the nearest (21 km away) train station on the Turku–Tampere railway, with a train most hours in daytime. There are few daily connection buses between Humppila railway station and Forssa bus station. There is a railway station also in nearby Jokioinen, on a heritage narrow gauge railway from Humppila on the Turku–Tampere railway, serviced Sundays in summer.

By dial-a-ride
For local transport needs, dial-a-ride Tyykikyyti is available.

In the weekday (M-F) mornings between 07:30 and 08:00, Tyykikyyti runs on a fixed schedule and route. On request, services are operated M-F from 08:00-12:00. On weekdays from 13:00 to 17:00 and on Saturdays from 09:00 to 14:00 a fixed route is used, but this can be deviated from on request.

The ride is ordered by calling the car's telephone number in good time, preferably the day before or by agreeing with the driver on the previous trip.

By taxi

 * Taksi Häme, iTaksi: see Tavastia Proper
 * Smartphone apps: Valopilkku, 02 Taksi

Eat
There are several restaurants. See also Drink and Sleep below.