Röykkä () is a village located in the

Nurmijärvi Nurmijärvi () is the most populated rural municipality of Finland, located north of the capital Helsinki. The neighboring municipalities of Nurmijärvi are Espoo, Vantaa, Tuusula, Hyvinkää and Vihti, and it is part of the Greater Helsinki. Th ...

municipality of

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, near the border of

Vihti Vihti (; sv, Vichtis) is a small municipality located in the Uusimaa region of province of Southern Finland, approximately northwest of the capital city Helsinki. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water ...

municipality. It is fourth largest village in the municipality after Klaukkala, Rajamäki and Nurmijärvi's church village. The population is about 1600. Lake Sääksi, which is Finland's largest spring water lake, is located northside to the village, and there is Kotolahti, also known as "Little-Sääski" and "Röykänranta", which is a popular beach in Röykkä. There is also smaller Lake Vaaksi near to the village. On the northern shore of Lake Sääksi is the private

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of the daughter of Kytäjä Manor's host, known as the "Tomb of Love" (''Rakkaudenhauta''). Traditional Christmas events at the village include the Röykkä's Christmas Tree Party (''Röykän kuusijuhla''), when a light procession led by Santa Claus moves from school to the giant

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on the centre of Röykkä to decorate it with

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Transport

Former station of Röykkä (08-2004) - panoramio

The village is crossed by the

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(Mt 132) that runs between

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and Klaukkala. In the northern part of the village there is national road 25 (Vt 25), which runs between

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and Mäntsälä.

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also runs next to the village.

Distances from other cities

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43 km *

33 km * Klaukkala 14 km *

12 km * Rajamäki 8 km

Buildings

In the middle of Röykkä, there is a

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K-Market (previously Valintatalo and earlier Siwa), a

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and little coffee house. Also, there is a

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in Kassakumpu, the largest and growing residential area of Röykkä, but the nearest secondary school is located in the neighboring village Rajamäki. The railway station, located along the Hanko–Hyvinkää railway, was built and commissioned in 1911 and closed in 1977. Finnish model and PR Manager Ellen Jokikunnas bought building in 2007 to renovating it her new home.

Sanatorium

In the northern part of Röykkä, there is a former Art Nouveau-styled

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known as

Nummela Sanatorium Nummela may refer to: * Nummela (Vihti), the central district of the Finnish municipality of Vihti ** Nummela Airfield, see list of airports in Finland Below is a list of airports, airfields and heliports in Finland, grouped by type and sorted ...

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in 1903. Sanatorium was closed down in 1932 and replaced by a mental hospital. In 1989, the hospital was also closed down and has been completely disabled ever since. In the spring of 2022, the Röykkä Invest Oy company bought the hospital building for €1,5 million; one of the founders of the company is the actor

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, who announced in the summer of the same year that he was planning to turn the former sanatorium into a

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. Local rumors tell that

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have been observed in an abandoned hospital. According to several visitors the windows of the building show mysterious lights, as well as a woman who commits suicide by jumping off the roof. According to another rumor, the hospital is haunted by the spirit of a girl who died there at a young age.

Notable people

* Elmer Diktonius (1896–1961), author and poet * Ellen Jokikunnas (born 1976), model and PR manager * Matti Mattila (1912–1990), agricultural counselor * Toivo Salervo (1888–1977), architectVaaksinjärvi – Geocaching
(in Finnish)

References

External links

Röykän asukasyhdistys ry
- Official Web Site {{DEFAULTSORT:Roykka Villages in Finland Nurmijärvi