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Häme Castle
Red-brick medieval castle in Hämeenlinna beside the Helsinki-Tampere corridor, an easy motorway detour with on-site parking.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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Hollola
Paijat-Hame, Finland · Europe
About Hollola
Hollola sits on the route: 10 minutes from Hollola, 56km from Häme Castle.
Hollola is in Paijat-Hame, Finland, with about 23,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Hollola, about 7 km away.
Hollola (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈholːolɑ]) is a municipality of Finland, located in the western part of the Päijät-Häme region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish and has a population of 22,775 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 727.47 square kilometres (280.88 sq mi) of which 68.66 km2 (26.51 sq mi) isRead more
water. The population density is 34.96 inhabitants per square kilometre (90.5/sq mi).
Hollola's neighboring municipalities are Asikkala in the north, Hausjärvi and Hämeenlinna in the west, Lahti in the east and Kärkölä and Orimattila in the south. Hollola belongs to the Lahti region. It is 111 km (68.97 mi) from Hollola to Helsinki and 121 km (75.18 mi) to Tampere.
Hollola's municipal center is Salpakangas, which is located along highway 12 near the western border of Lahti. The small church village of Hollola remains next to it. Hämeenkoski was merged with Hollola on 1 January 2016. Areas from the municipality of Hollola have been annexed to the city of Lahti several times.
Hollola has the tallest structure in Finland, the Tiirismaa TV-Tower.
A popular resort in Hollola is Messilä. There you can cross-country ski, downhill skiing, hike, and golf. There is a hotel and a camping site in Messilä. Messilä is located by Vesijärvi.
In 2018, Hollola hosted the Jukola Relays. This Orienteering event is a night relay, and one of the most popular orienteering events in the world by number of competitors.
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What is there to see near Hollola?
Within an hour or so of Hollola: Häme Castle (56 km), Ahvenisto Race Circuit (58 km).
Where is Hollola?
Hollola is in Paijat-Hame, Finland, about 7 km from Hollola.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 22,843
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Finland
- Region
- Paijat-Hame
- Timezone
- Europe/Helsinki
- Coordinates
- 61.0000, 25.5000
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Finland
Winter tyres mandatory December–February.
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Worth the detour from Hollola
2 notable places within an hour's drive.
racetrack
Ahvenisto Race Circuit
A narrow, undulating 2.9km circuit threading through a forested esker ridge in southern Finland, with no run-off and a genuinely old-school character. Also a public recreation area.
58 km · about 65 min drive
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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