Joensuu
Joensuu, the second largest city in Eastern Finland and the capital of North Karelia, and at the outfall of the river Pielisjoki. Wikivoyage
Population 79,129 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Joensuun taidemuseo Museum · 460 m - Tiedepuisto Attraction · 400 m
- Merenkulun muistomerkki Memorial · 750 m
- Museo Eliel Museum · 780 m
- Alexander II Memorial · 910 m
- Tiedon lähteellä Memorial · 530 m
- Karjalan ratsujääkärirykmentti Memorial · 540 m
- Seurakunnan väliaikaiset kirkot Memorial · 580 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Ilosaarirock
July
The Ilosaarirock Festival is an annual rock festival held on the second weekend of July in Joensuu, Eastern Finland. Founded in 1971, Ilosaarirock is the second-oldest rock festival in Finland still active, and one of the oldest in Europe.
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Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Joensuu); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.