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Nurmes

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Spas Historic Sites
Nurmes is a town and municipality of Finland.It was located in the former province of Eastern Finland until 2010 and is now in the North Karelia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is {{Infobox Finnish Municipality/population densityNurmes. Neighbouring municipalities are Juuka, Kuhmo, Lieksa, Rautavaara, Sotkamo and Valtimo.Nurmes railway station was the northern terminus of a twice-daily VR passenger train service from Joensuu; the service was withdrawn in early 2016. The railway is now used for freight trains only.Hotel club Bomba is situated in Nurmes.Nurmes is also the official Christmas Carol City of Europe.Karelian nestThe municipality is officially unilingually Finnish, but in 2009, Finland’s first Karelian language "nest" (pre-school immersion group) was established in Nurmes.
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Popular things to do in Nurmes

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Nurmes Church
4.0
Duration: 30​min

Side trips from Nurmes

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Ukko-Koli Hill
Koli National Park
4.8
Duration: 1​h 30​min
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New Valamo Monastery
Heinavesi
4.3
Duration: 4​h
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Kuopio Market City Hall
Kuopio
4.6
Duration: 1​h 30​min
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Puijo Tower
Kuopio
4.4
Duration: 1​h 30​min
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Joensuu BEST FOR: Shopping, Parks, Museums
Lieksa BEST FOR: Museums, Wildlife, Outdoors
Koli BEST FOR: Spas, Museums, Shopping
Outokumpu BEST FOR: Museums
Juuka BEST FOR: Childrens Museums, Museums, Historic Sites
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