Kouvola

Kouvola is a city of 80,000 people (2021) in Southern Finland, 134 km northeast of the capital, Helsinki. Wikivoyage

Population 78,824 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Finland

• 000AnyAll emergencies
• 112AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Finland

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Kouvolan pienoisrautatiemuseo Museum · 100 m
• Tosivaikuttaja -muistomerkki Artwork · 30 m
• Kouvolan kolmoset Artwork · 250 m
• Savon radan 100-vuotismuistomerkki Monument · 250 m
• Polvesta polveen Artwork · 270 m
• Itsenäisyyden patsas Memorial · 330 m
• Helvi Honka Artwork · 350 m
• JKR 25 Memorial · 380 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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1. Pioneerifestivaali

   August

   Rock festival in mid-August

   Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Kouvola); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

• Pizza 7
• Burger 3
• Coffee shop 3
• Regional 3
• International 2
• Sandwich 2
• Nepalese 2
• Asian 2

All 39 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Halkotorinpuisto 300 m across 490 m
• Urheilupuisto 350 m across 690 m
• Jaakonpuisto 270 m across 530 m
• Lääninpuisto 220 m across 380 m

Getting around

• Kouvola Matkakeskus 180 m
• Kymenlaakson Taksi 190 m
• Kouvola 270 m
• Korian taksiasema 5.7 km

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.