former municipality of Finland, now part of Nurmes
Valtimo is a town in North Karelia, Finland, nowadays part of Nurmes.
Understand edit
Get in edit
By bus from Nurmes, Joensuu, Kajaani or Oulu. See Matkahuolto. From Nurmes you can also use the twice-weekly (W F) dial-a-ride service Katuri.
Get around edit
The Katuri dial-a-ride service of Nurmes serves also Valtimo. The Wednesday service from Nurmes connects to the local routes, which likewise drive Wednesdays and Fridays. See the routes, times, prices and phone numbers from the web page, check details when calling the driver, at latest 2–3 hr before the ride.
By taxi edit
- Smartphone app (as of 2020): 02 Taksi
See edit
- 1 Valtimo Church.
- Valtimo is also a great place to experience wilderness, and an existence of emptiness.
Do edit
- Listen to silence.
Buy edit
There is a supermarket in the centre.
Eat edit
There are two restaurants in the centre.
- Seiska.
- Irmuska.
Drink edit
Beer. Nearest liquor store is in Nurmes.
Sleep edit
- 1 Puukarin Pysäkki, Kajaanintie, ☏ +358 50-344-3824, majatalo@puukarinpysakki.fi. Inn a little out of town. Good Karelian food. Also programme services. single €66, double €104; lunch €17–26, dinner €28–48.
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- 1 Hiidenportti National Park and Peurajärvi Recreational Area – national park offering old-growth forest, the above mentioned silence and the Hiidenportti gorge; the adjacent recreational area offers easy hikes and lakes with child-friendly beaches. 20 km to the north-east along Ylä-Valtimontie, road 5284.