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Town in Uusimaa, Finland
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Lohja (Swedish: Lojo) is a town and municipality in Southern Finland.
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Karelian-styled museum.
Lohjan Museo
Pyhän Laurin kirkko
The Gothic Church of St. Lawrence, from the 15th century.
A greystone church from 1860.
A neoclassical greystone church.
A neo-gothic wooden church.
Childhood home of Elias Lönnrot, author of the Finnish national epic Kalevala.
The calcite mine in Tytyri is open to visitors by guided tour (other languages than Finnish must be pre-booked). Minibuses take visitors 100 m underground where also a museum exhibiting the history of the mine is located.
A herb-rich forest area on a peninsula in Lohjanjärvi. There are trails of ½ km to 6 km through the strict nature reserve. Swimming possible. The largest limestone cave in Finland, Torhola, 30 metres deep, is on the peninsula before the nature reserve. Avoid entering it in late autumn and winter though, not to disturb overwintering bats. The daily Lohja–Sammatti bus has a stop 8 km from the area. The area is easily reachable by bike (18 km from Lohja) or by boat.
Waters of the Lake Lohjanjärvi get nice and warm in the summertime and provide cooling and refreshment to locals and travellers alike.
Skipperi kaupunkiveneet
Three rowing boats and 2–3 motor boats for rent on the shores of Aurlahti. Boat reservations, commissioning and returns are done digitally with the Skipperi app.
SUP-boards, pedal boats, carts, jet skis and motor boats near Aurlahti beach are rented by Fun4Rent. You can also try Flyboard flying in the same place.
Rowing boats for rent.
Rowing boats, optionally with electric motors, a fishing kayak (sit-on-top) with an electric outboard motor and SUP boards for hire.
Lunch food. There is also a Christian bookstore on site.
Lunch restaurant.
Café restaurant. Located along the E18 road in the direction of Turku.
Café restaurant. Located along the E18 road in the direction of Helsinki.
Lunch restaurant in the Saukkola village.
A bar restaurant.
Kahvila-Ravintola Hiidenpirtti
Café restaurant on the shores of Lake Hiidenvesi, located along the Route 110.
Hiidenveden Grilli
Fastfood restaurant on the shores of Lake Hiidenvesi, located along the Route 110.
Wanha Mestari
Timeless pub. Not the cheapest drinks but great opening hours and kitchen open week days 14:00-22:00.
Matkakoti Linnakangas is centrally located just across the main street looking from the bus station. 17 rooms with 34 persons max capacity. Guest kitchen for the economising traveller. A timeless classic for the no-frills traveler with very attractive prices.
Hotel, restaurant and bar a few hundred meters west from city center. Free wi-fi. Bar teracce has a view on the lake Lohjanjärvi.
A spa hotel located at the western shore of the Lake Lohjajärvi in the Karjalohja town.
Lohja can be reached by national road 1 (E18). There are frequent bus connections from Helsinki Kamppi terminal to Lohja (about 50 km).
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