North Ostrobothnia, Finland · Europe
Kuusamo sits on the route: 55 minutes from Posio, 40km from Riisitunturi National Park.
Kuusamo is in North Ostrobothnia, Finland, with about 15,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Posio, about 49 km away.
Kuusamo (Finnish: [ˈkuːsɑmo]; Northern Sami: Guossán; Inari Sami: Kuáccám; Russian: Куусамо) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in Koillismaa, the northeastern part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 14,800 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 5,808.92Read more
square kilometres (2,242.84 sq mi) of which 830.81 km2 (320.78 sq mi) is water. The population density is 2.97 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.7/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Kuusamo is a major center for winter sports and receives approximately a million tourists every year. One of the largest ski resorts in Finland, Ruka, is situated in Kuusamo. Ruka is also the host of many international competitions in ski jumping, cross-country skiing, and Nordic combined. The 2005 World Championships of Freestyle Skiing was held in Kuusamo. Kuusamo Airport is located 6 kilometres (4 mi) northeast of Kuusamo's town centre.
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Within an hour or so of Kuusamo: Riisitunturi National Park (40 km), Oulanka National Park (45 km), Julma-Ölkky (47 km).
Kuusamo is in North Ostrobothnia, Finland, about 49 km from Posio.
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Full driving guide for Finland3 notable places within an hour's drive.
national park
Fell-top park near Posio famed for tykky: spruce trees crusted into white sculptures by rime ice, with hillside bogs and views over Lake Kitkajärvi. A prime aurora foreground; the summit trail starts at the road-end car park.
40 km · about 45 min drive
national park
River-gorge national park near the Russian border with rapids, suspension bridges and the Karhunkierros trail, driveable from Kuusamo.
45 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
Finland's largest canyon lake, a 3 km sliver of dark water between 50 m cliffs in Hossa National Park, crossed by a suspension bridge and cruised by summer boats that pass ancient rock paintings. A forest road leads to the trailhead.
47 km · about 55 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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