Mikkeli

Get around

Mikkeli has a comprehensive public transport system (buses to e.g. Anttola and Otava almost every hour). Information about local transport you can find here. You can use theDigitransit route planner to find local bus routes between given locations and addresses. One-way tickets for buses in the city area cost around €3, while fares for longer routes are distance based. The Waltti Mobiili mobile app can be used to purchase tickets.

Moppe service lines and rural lines complement the regular local bus lines. Part of these services operate by fixed route and schedule, but part of them are based on the dial-a-ride principle.

Major car rental companies, such as Europcar and Hertz, are available in Mikkeli. In summertime, one may also hop in a sightseeing bus or take a cruise in Saimaa from the harbour.

Taxis are also available ().

Smartphone apps: Valopilkku, 02 Taksi

See

During World War II, Mikkeli was the headquarters of the Finnish Army, and quite a few sights from the period remain.

Do

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Eat

Mikkeli has quite a few restaurants given to the city's relatively small size, although many of them are generic chain restaurants. Fast food is available in the form of kebabs and pizzas. McDonald's and Hesburger have two restaurants each in Mikkeli. Almost all kebab restaurants stay open until the closing time of night clubs, and are thus seen as the preferred late-night eating options. There is a list of lunch offers for each day.

Some noteworthy restaurants:

Drink

Mikkeli's nightlife is not perhaps one of the busiest in Finland, but has some nice pubs to visit. Surprisingly the live music scene is very active. Most of the bars are centred along Porrassalmenkatu, so exploring the night is very easy. In wintertime the city is quiet, but in summer many nice terraces open up throughout the centre.

Sleep

There are a few hotels in the town centre but not many hostels can be found. Camping is a good choice for cheaper accommodation.

Go next

Suomenniemi Jyväskylä Kouvola Kuopio Pieksämäki Savonlinna — The northernmost medieval stone castle, with a famous opera festival, 100 km away by car