Must-See
Porvoo
Finland's second-oldest town, with red wooden riverside storehouses, cobbled lanes and a medieval cathedral.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- A day
- Address
- Porvoo Old Town, 06100 PorvooDirections
- Getting There
- Bus from Kamppi, about an hour, or a boat in summer.
Why Go
Porvoo was a trading town by the 14th century. Its old town of painted wooden houses climbs from the river to the cathedral, where in 1809 the tsar met the Finnish estates and made Finland a grand duchy with its own laws.
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