One day in Kotka, Finland
A day through Kotka’s best-known sights that lie close together: Tarmo, Maritime Museum of Finland, Kemi, Maritime Centre Vellamo, Saint Nicholas Church in Kotka and Kotka Church. 6 stops, about 1.5 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- TarmoMuseum · On the map

- Maritime Museum of FinlandMuseum · 0.1 km on from Tarmo · On the map
- KemiMuseum · Next to Maritime Museum of Finland · On the map
- Maritime Centre VellamoMuseum · Next to Kemi · On the map
- Saint Nicholas Church in KotkaTemple or shrine · 0.8 km on from Maritime Centre Vellamo · On the map

- Kotka ChurchTemple or shrine · 0.6 km on from Saint Nicholas Church in Kotka · On the map

6 stops, 2.2 km on foot along the streets: about 27 min of walking.
More for Kotka
- Things to do in Kotka, Finland · 17 places to see, led by Eastern Gulf of Finland National Park and Valkmusa National Park
Day trips from Kotka
- Helsinki116 km awayHelsinki Cathedral6 stops in a day, starting at Senate Square
- Vyborg102 km awayVyborg Castle6 stops in a day, starting at Vyborg railway station
- Espoo130 km awayNuuksio National Park15 places to see, led by Nuuksio National Park and Espoo Cathedral
- Vantaa106 km awaySipoonkorpi National Park5 stops in a day, starting at Heureka
Photo credits
- Tarmo: Bergfalke2, Public domain
- Maritime Museum of Finland: MKFI, Public domain
- Kemi: Trainthh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Maritime Centre Vellamo: SeppVei, Public domain
- Saint Nicholas Church in Kotka: Kymi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kotka Church: Kymi, CC BY 2.5
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.
Other places nearby
- Vyborg102 km away · Things to do, Plans, Sunrise and sunset and Aurora
- Vantaa106 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Transit, Cameras, Flights, Weather and Hiking routes
- Helsinki116 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Transit, Cameras, Flights, Weather, Port and ships, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset, Aurora and Hiking routes
- Kronstadt165 km away · Things to do and Plans
- Tallinn167 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Transit, Cameras, Flights, Weather, Port and ships, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset, Aurora and Hiking routes
- Peterhof176 km away · Things to do, Plans and Weather
- Saint Petersburg195 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Cameras, Flights, Weather, Port and ships, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset, Aurora and Hiking routes
- Gatchina203 km away · Things to do, Plans, Weather and Sunrise and sunset