Puijo
Puijo is a 150-metre-high hill, the famous landmark of city of Kuopio in Finland and a tourist attraction. It is located near the Puijonlaakso district.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Puijo tower and Puijo ski jumping hill.
Puijo tower
Tower
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Puijo tower is an observation tower at the top of Puijo hill in Kuopio, Eastern Finland. Opened in 1963, the tower is 75 metres tall and has a revolving restaurant with 100 seats.
Puijo ski jumping hill
The Puijo ski jumping hills are a complex of five ski jumping hills in the city of Kuopio, Finland. They are located on the 150-metre-high Puijo hill, overlooked by the Puijo observation tower.
Kuopio University Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Paju, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kuopio University Hospital is a teaching hospital of the University of Eastern Finland along Puijonlaaksontie at the Puijonlaakso district in Kuopio, Finland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puijonlaakso and Rypysuo.
Puijonlaakso
Suburb
Puijonlaakso is a district in the city of Kuopio, Finland. As the name implies, it is located right next to Puijo Hill and is a very green area. The area has about 6,400 inhabitants, many of whom are students.
Hatsala
Suburb
Photo: Opa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hatsala is a district located west of the center of Kuopio, Finland. The eastern boundary of the area is Puistokatu, the southern boundary is Minna Canthin katu and the northern is the Kuopio motorway.
Puijo
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 186 metres
- Description: hill in Kuopio, Finland
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Kuopio, Kuopio, North Savonia, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.90974° or 62° 54′ 35″ northLongitude
27.6549° or 27° 39′ 18″ eastElevation
186 metres (610 feet)Open location code
9GJ9WM53+VXOpenStreetMap ID
node 412189641OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Puijo” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Puijo”
- Dutch: “Puijo”
- Estonian: “Puijo”
- Finnish: “Puijo”
- French: “Colline de Puijo”
- French: “Puijo”
- German: “Puijo (Hügel)”
- German: “Puijo”
- Italian: “Puijo”
- Occitan (post 1500): “puijo”
- Polish: “Puijo”
- Russian: “Башня Пуййо”
- Russian: “Башня Пуйо”
- Russian: “Башня Пуйонторни”
- Swedish: “Puijo”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Puijo”. Photo: aenneken, CC BY 2.0.