Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Kotka
(€13.50, 50 minutes, up to four hourly)
Porvoo
(€11.80, 40 minutes, up to four hourly)
You can hire bicycles at the marina for €5/20 per hour/day.
Ruotsinpyhtää & Around
Several stand-out attractions are in and around the tiny village of Ruotsinpyhtää.
Sights & Activities
Strömfors Ironworks
HISTORIC BUILDINGS
( 11am-5pm Sat & Sun mid-May-late May, daily Jun-mid-Aug, Wed-Sun mid-Aug-late Aug)
On the edge of Ruotsinpyhtää village, Strömfors Ironworks is one of Finland's oldest
bruks,
dating back to 1698. Today its red-stained buildings are an open-air museum amid a
patchwork of forest, rivers and bridges. The
Forge Museum
has two sections: an old
smith's workshop and the working millwheel. One ironworks building serves as an
art
gallery
; you can also browse the little
craft shops
.
Ruotsinpyhtää Church
CHURCH
( 11am-5pm Jun-Aug)
Ruotsinpyhtää's 18th-century oPyhtääctagonal wooden church, built after the old one was
lost across yet another Sweden-Russia border change, has a fabulous altarpiece painted in
1898 by the young Helene Schjerfbeck.
Sirius Sport Resort
ADVENTURE SPORTS
( 044-479-7100;
www.siriussport.fi
;Kotitie 10, Pyhtää;flying per 3 1-min sessions/10 1-min sessions
€85/235, surfing per hour €25, ropes course €25; 10am-8pm Tue-Thu, 10am-10pm Fri, 9am-10pm
Sat, 9am-7pm Sun)
If you've ever fantasised about flying, superhero-style, you can get pretty close at this sport
centre in Pyhtää, soaring above a vertical wind tunnel (overalls, helmet and goggles
provided; minimum age limit five years). Also here is a FlowRider surfable indoor wave,
and ropes course. Book online for deals and combo packages.
