Pihtipudas

Pihtipudas lies at the northwestern end of the Kolimajärvi, on the northern border of central Finland. On the shores of the Pyhäjärvi (alt. 141m/463ft) is the mining town of Pyhäsalmi (iron ore, precious metals). Here E 76 leaves the Finnish Lakeland and continues via Kärsämäki and Leskelä to Oulu on the Gulf of Bothnia.