Beaches and Barbeque
Kokonniemi outdoor swimming pool
Kokonniemi (1.5 km from Porvoo centre)
tel. +358 (0)19 575 4642
Life-guard, changing rooms, showers, bathrooms, and a kiosk
Open in summer: Mon-Fri, Sun 8 am-8 pm, Sat 8 am-6 pm
Also winter swimming.
Hasselholmen (supervised)
Hasselholmantie 413, Veckjärvi (17 km from Porvoo centre, or 5 km to Staffas shore, by rowing boat 150 m across the lake to Hasselholm beach). Supervised beach, changing rooms, bathrooms, showers, saunas, cooking shelter, nature trail, kiosk, sports field, slide, playground, rowboats.
Tervajärvi
Tervajärventie 25, Veckjärvi (5 km from Porvoo centre). Beach, rocky shore, changing rooms, bathrooms, diving tower.
Venjärvi
Loviisantie 1034, Ilola (13 km from Porvoo centre). Wharf, changing rooms, outdoor toilets.
Lindvik
Kalaxintie 171, Jakari (15 km from Porvoo centre). Changing rooms, outdoor toilets, wharf.
Virvik
Pallograniitintie 77, Virvik (20 km from Porvoo centre). Outdoor recreation area, manor house, sauna, café/restaurant, kiosk, boat wharf, space for tents and RVs, 18-hole golf course, rowboats, nature trail.
Köttbodan
Majvikintie 201, Sondby (22 km from Porvoo centre). Beach, changing rooms, outdoor toilets, barbecue, space for tents, area for dogs to swim.
Sondby I
Sondbyntie 273, Sondby (20 km from Porvoo centre). Space for tents RVs, a cooking shelter, sports field.
Sondby II
Sondbyntie 387, Sondby (21 km from Porvoo centre). Outdoor toilets, barbecue.
The following locations are also ideal for barbecuing:
The Kokonniemi ski center has an outdoor barbecue available in the winter.
Humla cabin, which is about 6 kilometers from downtown Porvoo.
Stornäsudden is about 13 kilometers from downtown Porvoo, on the northern tip of Emäsalo island: there's a bridge from the mainland, an outdoor toilet, and a barbecue.
Varlaxudden is about 30 kilometers from downtown Porvoo and can be reached by driving 20 kilometers across Emäsalo island toward the southern tip of the island. It has outdoor toilets and barbecues.