Teijo Ironworks Village by Teijo National Park
Teijo Ironworks Village is a lively seaside village on the west side of Teijo National Park—a great stop to combine a nature outing with local services, history, and coastal views. Teijo is the largest of the three nearby ironworks villages, with around 700 year-round residents. Unlike Kirjakkala and Mathildedal, industry still continues in Teijo, with a button factory and a shipyard operating in the area.
Seaside village west of Teijo National Park
Teijo village sits between Lake Sahajärvi and the seashore, with the Teijonselkä sea area opening up in front of the village. Local services include a guest harbour, and it’s a short boat trip from Teijo to Isoholma island, which is part of Teijo National Park.
Teijo is well connected to the national park’s hiking routes—for example the Sahajärvi loop. Along the coastal road, it’s 2 km to Kirjakkala and 5 km to Mathildedal.
In Teijo you’ll find several restaurants, a café, and accommodation, making it easy to spend a relaxed afternoon here after a day outdoors.
Things to see in Teijo village
There’s plenty to explore in Teijo. Visit Teijo Manor, whose main building dates back to the late 1700s. Next to it, Teijo Church was built in the 1800s—it is said to be Finland’s smallest stone church by floor area.
Teijo is located at the northernmost edge of the temperate climate zone of Central Europe, while the rest of Finland belongs to the cold climate zone. European ornamental plants planted around the manor and the Lake Sahajärvi landscape—such as beech and rhododendron—still grow here and give the scenery an unusually Central European feel.
Teijo’s old ironworks and some of its buildings date partly back to the late 1600s. You can also see the ironworks blast furnace building built around the turn of the 1800s, as well as Teijo’s historic wood-fired sauna building.