Pielavesi

Pielavesi is a town and municipality in North Savonia. It's most famous as being the birthplace of Urho Kekkonen, serving as Finland's president for almost 26 years.

By car
Highway 77 between Siilinjärvi and Viitasaari, part of the northern European Blue Highway goes through the south of the municipality (passing between the two major lakes in Säviä); regional road 561 and local road 5572 connect the highway to the town of Pielavesi.

By bus
There are bus services from Kuopio, Iisalmi and Keitele.

Get around
As elsewhere in Finland, you reach most places by car, bike or taxi, while bus connections are sparse.

The lakes and  have fairways (extending by locks and canals to Päijänne, Lahti and Heinola) and boating routes, and especially Pielavesi, with an area of  and a shoreline of, an abundance of islands. Nilakka, shared with Keitele and Tervo, is Finland's 25th, with an area of.

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 * The Rautalampi Route is proposed as a "national water route" because of its landscapes, partly desolate, partly with parish villages and cultural landscapes. Thanks to locks and canals, the waterway is navigable all the way via Päijänne to Lahti and Heinola (depth 2.4 m, bridge height 5.5 m), with some alternative whitewater routes available for those with canoe or similar.