Porvoo is a perfect day trip destination from Helsinki

Do you need a guide for a certain day, time or for a bigger group? You can book a guide through a local travel agency Porvoo Tours. Guided tours can be booked in 14 different languages.

Porvoo has 32 km of lighted ski trails, for example Kokonniemi 5 km, Humla 7 km, Joonaanmäki 3 km and Haikkoo 2 km.

Porvoo ski centre has five slopes, all of them illuminated. The greatest height difference is 55 m and the longest slope 400 m. There is also a halfpipe/street, a children’s slope, five skilifts, ski rental, a skiing school and a restaurant as well as a ski track for cross-country skiing.

Pirkka-Adolf is a photovoltaic catamaran that can be rented in the Porvoonjoki river as a self-service at an hourly rate of 39 €. The boat is easy to use, suitable for beginners, and is just the right gadget for wondering about the Porvoonjoki river!

Pirkka-Adolf is a prototype of E-Boat Oy’s Sunnycat boat. It was originally designed as an electric boat, and you can’t even get an internal combustion engine without modifications. The idea behind the fun-looking boat is that it runs at low power, and works mainly with their own solar panels. In addition to the light passage, the catamaran also offers the awesome advantage that the boat doesn’t swing much, and there is plenty of interior space.

The electric boat works really well, especially in rental use. If you’ve ever tried to the outboard motor and wondered why the contraption doesn’t work, there’s no problem here. The engine is on when you press the button. And not a rental. after that, you need to think about where and how to refuel the boat. To the delight of city dwellers and other boaters, the boat also does not make a loud noise or make a big wave.

Briefcaserun is a unique adventure and puzzle-solving game played in idyllic Old Porvoo, which is suitable for all ages – both first-timers and experienced players. The game combines treasure hunting and puzzle solving without apps or smart devices. Briefcaserun can be played in a team of 2 to 6 people or with several teams taking measurements from each other. The game can be played simultaneously up to 60 players. The difficulty level and playing time can be chosen by the team, the recommended duration of the game is 1.5 to 3 hours. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Briefcaserun 2 – The Tie Breaker! Did you miss something from the first game? Is there a place for revenge? The game will be held regardless of the weather – appropriate clothing and equipment are important! The game works in Finnish, Swedish and English, the rules are explained before the game in Finnish or English. Briefcaserun can be booked by email.

The castle hills situated north of Old Porvoo are significant ancient monuments. Iso Linnamäki (Great Castle Hill) is the site of one of the biggest ancient fortresses in Finland, while on Pikku Linnamäki (Lesser Castle Hill) there is an Iron Age burial site, discovered in 1965. Iso Linnamäki is criss-crossed by many paths and there are also now dried up moats, which can still be seen, with wooden bridges across them. There you can also spot the great pine with its twisted roots that artist Albert Edelfelt depicted in his painting ‘Porvoo seen from Linnamäki’.

At the foot of the Linnamäki hills is Maari Park, a favourite with Porvoo residents for walks and picnics.

Experience in Porvoo city center, Indoor-Minigolf, rainy or sunny, come and golf. Come and play minigolf with friends, family and co-workers. Minigolf is open when the restaurant are open.

Geocaching is an outdoor activity, where you hide boxes called geocaches to nature or a built environment. Inside the box you put a logbook and a pen and possibly some small items for exchange. You inform the location of the geocache on the Internet as coordinates and other geocachers search for the caches with the help of a gps device.

It is very common among the geocachers to combine travelling and geocaching, as one selects the travel destination on the basis of where one would find geocaches. Usually the caches are also located near nature- or cultural sights, so at the same time they present the local sights.

Click for information on caches in the Porvoo area