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Kuopio

Kuopio is the capital and largest city of North Savonia. The city is surrounded by lakes from three sides, which supplies loads of beaches and the feeling of water being always close. Wikivoyage

Population 126,572 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Finland

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Finland

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

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

  1. Finland Ice Marathon

    February

    An ice skating marathon with distances of 25, 50, 100, and 200 km. The track in 2018 was 12.5 km long, and it is available for anyone to use after the event has ended. Late February

    Official site

  2. Tahko juhannus

    June

    Midsummer's festival in late June

    Official site

  3. Kuopiorock

    July

    Kuopiorock (also Kuopio Rockcock or simply Rockcock) is a Finnish two- to three-day rock music festival held annually in Väinölänniemi, Kuopio, at the turn of July and August. The first event was held in 2003.

    Official site Wikipedia

  4. Kuopio Marathon

    September

    A relatively flat marathon course with views of Lake Kallavesi. Events include full and half-marathons and a 10 km for runners, and a 10-km walk. Early September

    Official site

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

Markets

  • Kauppahalli

    Covered hall
    1. Monday: 08:00–17:00
    2. Tuesday: 08:00–17:00
    3. Wednesday: 08:00–17:00
    4. Thursday: 08:00–17:00
    5. Friday: 08:00–18:00
    6. Saturday: 08:00–16:00
    7. Sunday: closed
    Times vary by day
    Monday
    08:00–17:00
    Tuesday
    08:00–17:00
    Wednesday
    08:00–17:00
    Thursday
    08:00–17:00
    Friday
    08:00–18:00
    Saturday
    08:00–16:00
    70 m from the centre

  • Kuopio Market Square

    Kuopion tori

    No hours mapped

    10 m from the centre

  • Männistöntori

    No hours mapped

    1.6 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 52 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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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.