Kuhmo

Kuhmo has a dial-a-ride service.

See Kainuu and Eastern Oulu region#By taxi

• Menevä Kuhmo, ☏ +358 50-471-0470 (head of office), toll-free: 0800-02120 (booking), info@meneva.fi. Flag fall M–Sa 06:00–18:00: €4, other times and holidays: €7; 1–4 persons €0.90/km + €0.90/min, 5–8 persons minimum €20, €1.60/km + €0.90/min (December 2021). 
• Smartphone apps: Valopilkku, 02 Taksi

• Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival (Kuhmon Kamarimusiikki), Torikatu 39, ☏ +358 8 652-0936. 2023: 9–22 July. Leading chamber musicians transfix the town of Kuhmo in Eastern Finland every July with a skilfully designed festival programme, inimitable concerts, beautiful surroundings and sunlit nights that open the senses to new and sublime delight. The festival is the biggest chamber music festival in Finland (where most cities have their own), with some 70 concerts and 35,000 tickets sold. Concerts are held in the acoustically superb Lentua Hall of the Kuhmo Arts Centre, in the assembly hall of Kontio School, and in the town’s fine old wooden church. Although these venues are all within easy walking distance of one an­other, cycling remains the preferred mode of transport for both artists and audiences alike. €0–37 per concert. 
• Jolly July (Hilpeä heinäkuu), Torikatu 39. Jolly July is an important part of the Kuhmo summer: a time when there’s plenty for all the family to do together – culture, nature and exercise. Grasp the activity summer with both hands! Don’t be put off by the heat or the rain. July is just for you and your children, just for you and your parents and grandparents. Fun, dreams, music, silence, feeling good, being together and surprises. 
• Kuhmo Culture Celebrates Winter (Kuhmon Talvi), c/o Kuhmo Chamber Music, Torikatu 39, ☏ +358 8 652 0936. Kuhmo Culture Celebrates Winter is held every year in the beginning of January. It is a joint arena for the organisers and artists of various events, some of them internationally-acclaimed, it is a showcase for some of the best Kuhmo culture: music of many kinds, dance, exhibitions, film, nature photo and literary evenings. The aim of Kuhmo Culture Celebrates Winter is to present a wide selection of culture both to local residents and to people from further away. It is organised by Juminkeko, the Sommelo Music Festival, the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, the City of Kuhmo, the Kuhmo Arts Centre and the Petola Nature Centre. 

• Elimyssalo (55 km to the east, by the border). 24 hours daily. The best of forest nature that Kainuu has to offer, according to Metsähallitus. Mires, old spruce forests, beard lichens, lush stream banks and small lakes and ponds. Also two old farms (Levävaara and Latvavaara; entrance to main buildings requires advance agreement, except at happenings). Elimyssalo form the Finnish-Russian Friendship Nature Reserve together with a few other Finnish reserves and the Kostomuksha Nature Reserve across the border. Lean-tos and campfire sites along the trails. From the Saari-Kiekki parking in the south, Levävaara and the central parts of the reserve can be reached on a 13-km hike on a marked trail around the Elimysjärvi lake. The trail crossing the area is part of the UKK trail. Free, including using the shelters and access to the farmyards. 
• Iso-Palonen–Maariansärkät (35 km along road 912 towards Suomussalmi, turn right on a forest road towards Iso-Palonen (not maintained in winter), signage after 8 km). A 40-km² nature reserve with ridges, sandbanks, lakes, some mires, and barren pine forest (forestry until being protected in 1990). Important migration route and pasture for the wild Finnish forest reindeer. The trail through the area is part of the UKK trail. 30 km of trails. The 21 m/40-km Kalliojoki whitewater route (rapids of classes I–III) starts in Iso-Palonen, one of the larger lakes. 
• Lentua (10 km north from the centre, reachable by canoe or small boat, or by the road towards Suomussalmi (road 912)). A 67-km² nature reserve consisting of most of the lake Lentua and some of its islands and shores. Primarily a boating or canoeing destination. Wilderness-like nature; the lake Lentua appears in Axeli Gallen-Kallelas illustrations of Kalevala and in novels by Veikko Huovinen. Part of the Finnish-Russian Friendship Nature Reserve. Open wilderness hut, lean-ẗos and other infrastructure. Parking, boat ramp, nature trail and lean-ẗos by the rapids Lentuankoski, the outflow of Lentua towards Kuhmo. The trail to the rapids is accessible by pram and wheelchair. The rapids are a famous sight. For whitewater sports, the upper rapids requires expertise (class IV; portage passage), while the lower rapids are easier. The 21 m/40-km Kalliojoki whitewater route (rapids of classes I–III) starts in Iso-Palonen in the Iso-Palonen–Maariansärkät Nature Reserve and ends in Lentua. The 150-km Tervareitti starts in Änättijärvi near Vartius and continues downstream from Kuhmo. 

• Articmedia, Kivikiekintie 938, ☏ +358 50-579-0947, sami.rautiainen@articmedia.fi. Wildlife watching tours in the Kuhmo area (hides and hiking), planned for seeing brown bear, wolf, wolverine or golden eagle. Also snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, smoke sauna, ice swimming, fishing, canoeing, walks in the silence of the Finnish forest etc. 
• Boreal Wildlife Centre, Viiksimontie 2991, ☏ +358 400-187-286, info@borealwildlifecentre.fi. Wildlife watching (bear, wolves, wolverine and birds). Elimyssalo nature reserve and Iso-Palonen hiking area are near by. Room accommodation in middle of wilderness in beautiful place next to beautiful lake. rooms €60, breakfast €10, lunch €15.