Lahti via Mikkeli and Kuopio to Kajaan

This route through the center of the Finnish Lakeland starts from Lahti. From the north end of the town Road 5 runs northeast. Off the road to the right, in a beautiful setting, is Vierumäki, with the National Sports College (main building 1937; can be visited). The road then crosses the Kyminjoki, which flows from Lake Päijänne into the Gulf of Finland, on an arched bridge (fine views).