Some of Pieksämäki's highlights: old rectory Iso-Pappila, exceptional old wooden church Vanha kirkko, glacial erratic Linnakivi, Leena Heinonen's porcelain house, cultural centre Poleeni, railway museum Savon radan museo, and Russian Orthodox Church of the Birth of Virgin Mary.

In the nearby towns of Mikkeli, Jyväskylä, Kuopio and Varkaus, you will find many more attractions ranging from museums and concert halls to amusement parks and horse-racing tracks. Especially in summer, the Central Finland and Savonia regions are a hub for numerous music festivals and other events, the biggest and most renowned of which is the Savonlinna Opera festival running through all of the summer months.