The Forest Heart is a network of five municipalities—Juupajoki, Keuruu, Mänttä-Vilppula, Ruovesi and Virrat—along with local businesses, working together to offer enjoyable holidays and memorable experiences to all our visitors, both near and far.
This website tells you what your own visit will undoubtedly confirm: The Forest Heart is home to outstanding destinations and experiences for nature lovers, culture enthusiasts and active explorers. Events, art and culture, activities, and experiences with a local twist, along with our excellent services, make your visit well worth the journey.
Ruovesi is known for Helvetinjärvi national park and Noitakäräjät (“witch trial”) event. You can come to visit also by boat along the famous water way Poet’s Way! The renewed guest marina in Ruovesi centre provides diverse services for visitors.
Tourist Information
Ruovedentie 17
34600 Ruovesi
Tel. +358 44 787 1388
matkailu@ruovesi.fi
Keuruu is a fascinating and beautiful town by the highway 23, about 60 km from Jyväskylä. Here the nature with lake landcapes and high class services are near. Tourist attractions suitable for the whole family and over a thousand happenings a year!
Keuruu Tourist Office
Pitäjäntuvantie 5 (Main library)
42700 Keuruu
Tel. +358 40 572 5640
info@keuruu.fi
Mänttä-Vilppula is known as an Art Town where the history of the Finnish paper industry is vividly present. The Serlachius Manor, Serlachius Headquarters, Art Festival, Mänttä Music Festival and Mänttä Food Festival happening provide top-level experiences to the visitors.
Mänttä-Vilppula Tourist Information
Seppälän puistotie 15
38500 Mänttä
Tel. +358 3 488 8555
matkailu@taidekaupunki.fi
Juupajoki is known for the at national level appreciated cultural landscapes of Salokunta-Sahrajärvi road. At the inhabited centre of Korkeakoski there is an old factory milieu, Shoe Museum Koskenjalka and the unique nature attraction Juupajoki ravine. You can arrive by train!
Tourist Information (Juupajoki Library)
Kirkkotie 1
35500 Korkeakoski
Tel. +358 50 432 4020
juupajoki.kunta@juupajoki.fi
VIRRAT is known as a summer town of hundreds of lakes and for the nature which invites the tourist to hike and fish. The Toriseva ravine lakes are situated near the center of the town. Perinnekylä (“Tradition village”) takes you to the rural scenery of the old times.
Tourist Information
Open during town hall opening hours
Virtaintie 26 (Virrat town hall)
34800 Virrat
Tel. +358 3 485 1276
matkailu@virrat.fi
”The ice shaped the cliffs, set the boulders in place, and left behind ravines and rugged landscapes. It crafted the rocky forests, the jagged lands of northern Pirkanmaa, forming deep ravines and creating springs in the wooded hills, which still bubble with pure water. This land took shape, along with its places, rivers and lakes, whose evocative names tell their own stories. Here you will find, for example, Hell’s Gorge, the cliffs of Toriseva, and the ravine lakes.”
Getting here is easy. From Helsinki, it’s just a good two hours by car or train, and from Tampere, only an hour. If you’re flying into Tampere or Jyväskylä, you can rent a car or take a bus to reach any of the destinations in the area smoothly.
The distance from Helsinki is 260 km, while Turku, Vaasa, and Kuopio are about 250 km away. From Tampere and Jyväskylä, it’s approximately 90 km. The nearest airports are in Tampere–Pirkkala and Jyväskylä, both around 100 km away. Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is about 260 km from us.
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