Kouvola – a City of Fast Connections

Next to the Eastern Metropolises

Kouvola’s strength and most important advantage is – and will be – its location between the EU and Russia, by the side of an internationally significant railway line.

Besides being a centre of railway traffic, Kouvola is also the country’s leading dry port that serves the most significant export harbours in southern Finland, all thanks to the city’s location by the side of the highways 6, 12, and 15.

Kouvola is a city of fast connections:

• 1 hour to the Russian border (Vaalimaa border crossing point)
• 1 hour to the largest Finnish export harbours in Kotka and Hamina
• 1 hour and 30 minutes to Vuosaari Harbour in Helsinki
• 1 hour and 30 minutes to Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport
• Direct, two-way railway connection to the various Russian industrial centres and the most significant Asian cities (the Trans-Siberian Railway)
• 1 hour and 20 minutes from Kouvola to Helsinki by rail
• 2 hours and 30 minutes from Kouvola to St. Petersburg by rail (Allegro)

The logistic infrastructure of Kouvola is labelled by multiplicity. We believe that providing a wide range of services is a key to our future success. The field of logistics rests on special services and strategic partnership for better results.

In addition to our functional infrastructure, we serve the field of logistics by providing skilled workforce, innovative companies that operate in the field, centred and effective functions of a large city* as well as a city plan that makes it possible for the city to grow and expand.

In accordance with the Kouvola 2010-2013 economic strategy, the field of logistics aims to develop the railway city of Kouvola.

* As a result of the 2009 merger of six municipalities, Kouvola became the 10th largest city in Finland.