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Pori’s centre offers the population of the whole region as well as visitors a wide variety of services and a pleasant environment. The market place is the heart of the city, a few hundred meters from Kokemδki River, which divides the city in two. Various groups perform in the pedestrian street, Yrjφnkatu that starts at the market place bringing the street to life in summer & winter.

The City hall, also called Junnelius Palace was completed in 1895.

Central Pori Church is situated between the two bridges crossing the River. The Neo-Gothic church’s cast-iron steeple is unique in Finland. The Reposaari Church was built in the Norwegian style 1876. It is known that the drawings came from Stockholm.

Pori Finnish Society founded Satakunta Museum in 1888. The range of exhibits, of which there are about 70 000, is wide & varied. Pori Art Museum as well as temporary art galleries provide excellent facilities for art exhibitions in the town.

Kirjurinluoto Island, situated in the middle of the town in the river, is a beautiful natural park, with a summer theatre. You’ll find here also a Petanque field, some bird ponds and children's playground. The most significant music event is the annual international Jazz Festival held on the Island.

Reposaari is about 32 kilometres from the town. An embankment road connects Reposaari to the Mδntyluoto highway. Reposaari is a distinctive wooden house town, for which the harbour has always played an important role.

Pori has always had an active cultural life. The Pori Theatre was designed by a Swedish architect in Neo-Renaissance style and completed 1884. All the old outbuildings were demolished to make way for the new extension completed in 1974. The construction of the theatre, more than 100 years ago, was a far-reaching cultural event.

Pori's nature is unique in Finland. In Pori you can make excursions to coastal bird areas, Yyteri-Preiviikinlahti-beaches or Kokemδenjoki River delta-area, just to mention some possibilities. All these places are located just a few kilometres from the city centre and are easily reached. For example Meri-Pori is at the most only 15 kilometres from the town.

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