Kalkkinen bridge, Finland

Very good views over Kalkkinen and the lake.

I have been living in Heinola over 20 years. Beautiful town, not too big, not to small. River Kymi gives its charm. In summer Heinola is very green and in winter the river makes trees so bright white. Summertime the marketplace is very active. Nice place to visit.

Despite the sketch by Lapinlahden linnut calling this a 'tyly kaupunki', Heinola is a nice summer town!

Decent food for the hungry - the portions are huge.
On a saturday the place seemed to be very popular, especially among families.

Päijännepurjehdus - sailing from Jyväskylä to Padasjoki or vice versa every summer

User attached a link to paijannepurjehdus.fi

A LOT of seagulls.. Head here for some serious bombing.

Todella mukava kenttä ja hyvää opetusta, suosittelen Vierumäen golf kursseja lämpimästi kaikille!

Vierumäki is not very interesting village, but if you like sports, there is a huge sports center and several cottages and "hotelrooms" to rent. So it sis possible to spend there a weekend or perhaps also longer holidays.

Quite cold during the winter months..

I lived in mukkula when it was smaller than it is now. During the summer there's a camp site by lake Vesijärvi, and good though small beaches. All services (supermarkets etc.) are located pretty close by and Mukkula is only 5 kilometres from the Lahti city centre.