Joutseno

Joutseno is a town in South Karelia, Finland, by the lake Saimaa, some 50 km from Vyborg, Russia. Jouseno is nowadays part of Lappeenranta.

Joutseno has some 11,000 inhabitants.

Joutseno is on national road 6 from Koskenkylä (between Helsinki and Loviisa on national road 7) to Imatra and through eastern Finland to Kajaani. The road goes by the south and east shores of Saimaa, with Joutseno being between Lappeenranta and Imatra. Lappeenranta and Imatra each have a border crossing to Russia: Nuijamaa/Brusnichnoye and Imatra/Svetogorsk (Enso), respectively (closed since autumn of 2023, see Finland#Get in).

There are buses along road 6 between Lappeenranta and Imatra about hourly, see Matkahuolto and bus schedules of City of Lappeenranta. The Onnibus services from Helsinki stop at 61.110328.45351 "Lampikangas th", a crossroads 2 km west of the centre.

Nearest airport is the Lappeenranta Airport (LPP ^IATA), 22 km away, close to the centre of Lappeenranta. There are usually flights daily from the well-connected Helsinki Airport.

There are a few trains a day from Helsinki and Joensuu, see VR.

Saimaa is a popular boating destination, reachable from abroad through the Saimaa Canal (closed for small craft as of the mid 2020s, because of the Russian war on Ukraine).

• 61.141328.49252 Joutsenon venesatama (Likosenlahti), ☏ +358 50-598-8932, asiakaspalvelu@satamantorni.fi. Toilet, shower, water, electricity, septic tank emptying, garbage disposal. Laundry and sauna for a fee. Gas. Restaurant Sataman torni (pizzeria) functions as harbour office. €15.  

You can rent electric kick scooters for use in the centre from Finnish Joe Scooter.

• Smartphone app: Valopilkku

• The Church of Joutseno. was built in 1918. 
• Storm Statue. on July 1972 in Joutseno was horrible storm. You can find the statue near from Library of Joutseno. Storm Statue is by Reino Puustinen, but the symbol of this statue is unknown. 
• Sana Mobilitas. is by artist Reino Puustinen. It's a statue of healthy exercise. 
• The Prison of Konnusuo. with very large area and it's very historical area. In this time there lives people, but there are a lot of forests. In Konnusuo area is a waste management station. 

• Myllymäki Skiin Centre.  
• Fishing Pond.  

• Arabia, Hackman, Iittala factory shop

• Cafe Restaurant VilliPippuri.  
• Cafe Kaisa.  

• Gasthaus Joutseno. A simple hotel near from the centre of Joutseno. 

Kouvola ← Lappeenranta ←

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→ Imatra → Kajaani