Siilinjärvi

Siilinjärvi is a municipality of 21,000 people (2021) in the North Savonia region of Eastern Finland. It is the second largest municipality in North Savonia in term of population after Kuopio, the neighbour and regional centre.

By car
Siilinjärvi lies on E63, which from Turku via Jyväskylä and Kuopio until Vuorela (in the south of Siilinjärvi) shares tarmac with national road 9. From the north E63 comes down sharing tarmac with national road 5: from Sodankylä via Kuusamo, Kajaani, Iisalmi and Siilinjärvi to Kuopio. In the south, road 5 forks off E75 from Helsinki, and comes in via Mikkeli and Varkaus. Road 9 continues to the east, to Joensuu and the Niirala border crossing to Russia. National road 75 comes from the north-east, from Kuhmo via Nurmes

The Blue Highway from Mo i Rana in Norway, Umeå and Vaasa comes in from Kuopio along Highways 5 and 9, follows the latter's turn towards Joensuu and Niirala, and continues to Sortavala, Petrozavodsk and Pudozh. A somewhat straighter route from Vaasa is along roads 18, 16 and 77.

By train
There are a few daily trains to Siilinjärvi, including one daily connection with Helsinki.



By boat
Siilinjärvi is close to the main fairway from Saimaa Canal via either Varkaus or Heinävesi to Kuopio and on to Iisalmi. Kallavesi by Kuopio is to the west, Juurusvesi and its archipelagos to the east.

There are marinas at least by the centre (1.4 m; Kanavatie), in Vuorela (2.4 m; on Kallavesi, upstream from Kallan sillat) and by the airport (1.5 m; through the Siltasalmi bridge from Juurusvesi).



By bus
See Kuopio#By bus

By taxi

 * Smartphone apps: Valopilkku, 02 Taksi, Taksini
 * Smartphone apps: Valopilkku, 02 Taksi, Taksini

Go next

 * Kuopio