Jämsä is a town with about 20,000 inhabitants in Central Finland.

Understand

A crossroads for both road and rail traffic, Jämsä is an industrial town on near the northwestern shore of Lake Päijänne. For visitors, the main draw is nearby Himos, a hill that's a ski resort during the winter and an event venue during the summer.

Get in

By car

Highway 9 between Tampere and Jyväskylä passes through Jämsä. Highway from Lahti comes in from the south.

By train

Trains on the line Helsinki-Tampere-Jyväskylä stop at Jämsä.

By bus

There are buses from Tampere, Jyväskylä, Lahti and Helsinki.

Get around

Car is your best option.

See

  • 🌍 Jämsä church. White church from 1929 with a large cupola, has many features that were salvaged from the former church that burned down. (updated Aug 2023)
  • 🌍 Aarresaari Local Museum (Aarresaaren kotiseutumuseo), Virtasalmentie 27 (Jämsänkoski). A collection of old wooden houses from the region, the oldest are from the 17th century. (updated Aug 2023)
  • 🌍 Ilveslinna, Jämsäntie 4 (Jämsänkoski). Imposant building in Classicist style, built in 1937. It was a club house for different local clubs, nowadays a private building that can be looked at from the outside. (updated Aug 2023)

Do

  • 🌍 Himos. One of Finland's largest ski resorts outside Lapland. In the summer it's an event venue, with a dozen or so of different events from music festivals to a mountainbike race. (updated Aug 2023)

Buy

Eat

  • 🌍 Vanha Mylly, Koskenväylä 9 (Jämsänkoski). Restaurant in an old mill. (updated Aug 2023)

Drink

Sleep

  • 🌍 Motel Patalahti, Patalahdentie 20, ☏ +358 20 7119230. Motel next to Highway 9, adjacent to a gas station and restaurant. (updated Aug 2023)

In addition the Himos resort has hotels.

Connect

Go next

  • Jyväskylä
  • 🌍 Oravivuori, Korpilahti, Central Finland — A marker on the Struve Geodetic Arc. From the Jyväskylä–Jämsä road 9 E63, turn off towards Puolakka if coming from Jyväskylä, or Saalahti if coming from Tampere, these are the ends of the same road. Follow it for around 10 km until you see signs to the Struve chain to the parking lot to the right. From there it's 1 km of hiking uphill. The view to lake Päijänne from the tower is nice, though at the point where the UNESCO marker is, the view is obstructed by pines. Oravivuori is 193 m ASL.
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