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Municipality in South Savo, Finland
Photo: Eckardt Guenther, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Puumala is a town and municipality in South Savonia, right in the middle of Lake Saimaa.
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Yellow wooden church.
As the name reveals, a restaurant in the harbour.
Guesthouse with seven rooms.
By bus
Buses between Imatra and Mikkeli stop at Puumala. Moreover, there are buses from Savonlinna via Sulkava.
By boat
Also an option if you're sailing on Lake Saimaa. There have been lake cruises, but as of 2023 information online is scarce.
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