The Port of Lappeenranta (
Finnish
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See also ...
: ''Lappeenrannan satama'',
Swedish
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: ''Villmanstrands hamn'') is an inland harbour in the city of
Lappeenranta
Lappeenranta (; sv, Villmanstrand) is a city and municipality in the region of South Karelia, about from the Russian border and from the town of Vyborg (''Viipuri''). It is situated on the shore of the Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland, and ...
,
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
, on the southern shore of
Lake Saimaa
Saimaa ( , ; sv, Saimen) is a lake located in the Finnish Lakeland area in southeastern Finland. At approximately , it is the largest lake in Finland, and the fourth largest natural freshwater lake in Europe.
The name Saimaa likely comes from a ...
. It is located in the city centre on the ''Kaupunginlahti'' bay, and is therefore also known as the Kaupunginlahti harbour.
Scheduled international passenger services run from Lappeenranta to the Russian city of
Vyborg
Vyborg (; rus, Вы́борг, links=1, r=Výborg, p=ˈvɨbərk; fi, Viipuri ; sv, Viborg ; german: Wiborg ) is a town in, and the administrative center of, Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Karelian Isthmus n ...
(Finnish: ''Viipuri'') on the
Gulf of Finland, and wider afield, via the
Saimaa Canal
The Saimaa Canal ( fi, Saimaan kanava; sv, Saima kanal; russian: Сайменский канал) is a transportation canal that connects lake Saimaa with the Gulf of Finland near Vyborg, Russia. The canal was built from 1845 to 1856 and opene ...
, which starts some east of the harbour.
The total number of international passengers (departures and arrivals) was 16,400 in 2018.
There are many operators providing day cruises and water transport services to different parts of Lake Saimaa and connected waterways.
The ''Kaupunginlahti'' harbour also used to handle cargo traffic until 1968, when a new facility was built in Mustola, near the northern end of the Saimaa Canal. The Mustola harbour forms part of the overall Port of Lappeenranta.
See also
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Port of Kuopio
The Port of Kuopio ( Finnish: ''Kuopion satama'') is an inland harbour in the city of Kuopio, Finland, on the shore of Lake Kallavesi. The passenger harbour of the port is located in the Vahtivuori district on the ''Maljalahti'' bay. The cargo h ...
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Ports and harbours of Finland
Water transport in Finland
Buildings and structures in South Karelia
Lappeenranta
Saimaa
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