Kiuruvesi is a town and municipality of Finland located in the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 7,854 and covers an area of 1,422.90 square kilometres (549.38 sq mi) of which 94.79 km2 (36.60 sq mi) is water.
Tourism
Kiuruvesi’s most important tourist destinations, attractions and events include:
- Local History Museum
- Statue of the Clearer
- Ylä-Savo Vocational College, Hingunniemi (Equine Education Training Unit)
- Town hall
- House of Culture
- Kuorevirta leisure center
- Kiuruvesi Days in July
- Kiuruvesi’s Iskelmäväikko
- Road icon chapel , Finland’s first road icon
Public services
Kiuruvesi has five primary schools (preschool and grades 1-6): Kalliokylä school , Lahnajoki school , Luupuvesi school , Niva school and Rytky school . There is one upper secondary school (grades 7-9) ( Kiuruvesi upper secondary school ) and special education is also provided in connection with it. Kiuruvesi High School provides secondary education and, in some lines, optional vocational education . Equine economics can be studied at the Natural Resources Unit of Ylä-Savo Vocational College .
Primary health services are provided by Kiuruvesi Health Center . Cultural services are provided by, among others, the Kiuruvesi Culture House and the Kiuruvesi City Library, the Kiuruvesi Library Car and the Kiuruvesi Homeland Museum .
Events
Kiuruvesi has hosted a week focused on percussion music since 1999. Since 2009, the event has been called Iskelmäviikko . The picture shows event visitors from the event in July 2007.
Kiuruvesi hosts the annual Kiuruvesi Iskelmäviikko and Elomessut . The locality has a strong pear tradition and a reputation as a religious keeper. Körttiläisten the largest annual event, Herättäjä Celebrations were held at Kiuruvesi in July 2010, prior to 1985, and for the first time in 1899. Kiuruveden location Savo and Ostrobothnia borderlands create a place of their own peculiarities.
Food culture
Kiuruvesi’s holding food is Ylä-Savo’s local delicacy , mute pox , a kind of meat soup that includes, in addition to potatoes, various internal organs and coincidences made of blood and flour, „myvys“.