Heinävesi

Heinävesi is in South Savonia, in the Finnish Lakeland. The municipality is known for it's two religious attractions, the monastery of New Valamo and the Lintula Convent.

Harbor of Heinävesi

Understand

Get in

The town itself can be reached by the trains on the line between Joensuu and Pieksämäki, with some buses between Joensuu and Varkaus as well as by car. If you want to visit New Valamo or Lintula the best way is definitely a car.

Get around

See
Inside the main church of New Valamo

The main attractions of Heinävesi are located in the northern part of the municipality.

  • 🌍 New Valamo Monastery, Valamontie 42 Uusi-Valamo. The Orthodox Christian monastery founded on the island of Valamo in Ladoga Lake in the 19th century moved to Heinävesi as Valamo was ceded to the Soviet Union after WW2. New Valamo is a good place to see icons and other forms of Orthodox Christian art. In the summer guest rooms are available for those who wish to stay a little longer. 
  • 🌍 Lintula Holy Trinity Convent, Honkasalontie 3, Palokki. The nunnery of the former. 
  • 🌍 Varistaipale Canal, Väyläasemantie 2, Varistaipale. A minor attraction near the monasteries. Finland's only canal with 4 gates. 
  • 🌍 Kermajärvi. National landscape: lake-side scenery in natural state; backwoods 

Do

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Connect

Go next

gollark: Oh, and the convenient way to access logs is nice.
gollark: I like the unit files, I don't like the overreach into random bits of the system.
gollark: Samsung tends to have pretty high pricing compared to other brands now.
gollark: But I can't actually figure out where I put it and my phone can do the same thing, so it's a bit limited in use.
gollark: I have a cheap 64GB USB stick from Toshiba or something for use as a live USB and stuff.
This article is issued from Wikivoyage. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.