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Humppila is a traveller’s treasure trove
Humppila is a small, peaceful, safe and idyllic municipality in the center of the most beautiful Häme. Humppila has good transport connections to Turku, Tampere, Pori, and even Helsinki. In this municipality of about 2,100 residents, there is a swimming spot in the center of the village, forests for hiking, fields for farming, plots for building, large yards for running around, a daycare, and even a sports and baseball field.
Did you know that Humppila is also home to one of the best shoe stores in Finland? And so much more.
Unique Humppila
Humppila has succeeded in what many small municipalities can only dream of. It is small in size but big by reputation. Humppila, situated between two major roads, has been a stopping point for many people, having popped into the shopping centre, established around the now disused glass factory, and by sharing their knowledge of what else is going on in Humppila.
A long history of glass blowing has left its mark in the community, which has brought and generated diverse expertise in many and varied areas. Much interest is paid, especially, to the local cultural sector, and those who excel in handcrafts.
Unique in many ways is the essence Humppila is known by.
Discover Humppila
Humppila is known for the Humppilan Lasi commercial centre located along highway 2 and the merchant houses built around it. And a new attraction has opened, Ritarigalleria – Knights’ Gallery. This exhibition honours the Knights of the Mannerheim Cross, finnish soldiers who were awarded for exceptional bravery during World War II. The area also includes the emerging Puolimatka Industrial Zone, for which zoning was recently completed, as well as the active event venue area, Lassari.
While in Humppila, you can also take a journey into the past and learn about the living conditions in the olden days at Kauppila Yeoman’s Farm, and the Talvinen Old Workingman’s Home. Don’t forget to hop on the museum train that leaves from Humppila Station on the Museum Railway.
The villages have plenty of treasures for visitors to find. The Myllynkulma Dam has a monument to Armas Puolimatka, a famous finnish industrialist and construction contractor and an exhibition of collectibles of Pekka Leino close by.
Activities and experiences
Relax in a real smoke sauna “Viking Sauna”, and in other saunas. Bathe in a hot tube or swim in a small pond in Urpolan Kartano’s milieu.
In Humppila´s Lahnavuori, nature lovers can admire the spruce-dominated old-growth forest that is more than a century old as well as the regionally valuable rocky area. Venäjänlammi Pond on Venäjänkylä village offers a peaceful beach for swimmers in the middle of nature, and another beach, Koivistonlammi – or the Humppila Riviera -can be found in the town centre.
Humppila offers many events for the whole family. Humppila Day in June, and the event area Lassari features a completition for the Finnish Championship of tractor pulling, as well as the Venetian Festival at the end of August to celebrate the end of the summer season.