Arrive in Rauma by Your Own Boat – A City of National Park and World Heritage Sites
Rauma offers a variety of guest harbours. Just over two kilometres from the city centre, you’ll find Poroholma and Syväraumanlahti.
Poroholma, a five-star campsite on the coast of the Bothnian Sea, offers a kiosk, café, two restaurants, and boat docks. There’s also a sauna. In summer, live music can be enjoyed on the café terrace and at the Poroholma Beach House. The breathtaking sunset is best admired from the waterfront terrace.
Marina Vista operates in Syväraumanlahti. This guest harbour features fuel distribution, water supply, and septic tank emptying services. On the pier, there’s a large terrace, a restaurant, a café, and a sauna. On summer evenings, Marina Vista is the place to enjoy sunsets and live music.
Right next to Poroholma and Marina Vista are the Otanlahti beach and sports centre, the Makis outdoor swimming pool, the Rauma Summer Theatre, the Nokka Art Cottage, and the Observation Tower Kiikartorni. Together, these form the heart of Rauma’s maritime lifestyle.
Syväraumanlahti’s small boat harbour also has a quirky feature – the local R-kiosk has one boat spot reserved for customers arriving by boat.
A City of Two World Heritage Sites
Rauma, granted town privileges in 1442, is absolutely worth a visit – plan to stay at least a couple of days to explore.
Old Rauma was the first Finnish site added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. In Old Rauma, you’ll find unique boutiques, cafés, restaurants, a medieval stone church, museums, and attractions – and countless homes of local residents.
Rauma is a rare exception in that another site from the same city was later added to the list: the Bronze Age burial cairn area of Sammallahdenmäki, located in the Lappi district about 20 kilometres from the city centre.
Rauma is a port, industrial, educational, cultural, and sports city, with plenty happening in the summer: Lace Week, the Night of Black Lace, the Pitsiturnaus ice hockey tournament, Rauma Blues, Festivo, Blue Sea Film Festival, Sunset Festival – and much more.
And one more thing: Rauma is one of the sunniest cities in Finland!
Guest Harbours on the Tourist Islands
The Rauma archipelago has guest harbours on the islands of Kylmäpihlaja, Kuuskajaskari, and Reksaari.
Kylmäpihlaja lighthouse island features a beach café, lighthouse restaurant, barbecue shelter, sauna, hot tubs, and toilet and shower facilities. During the summer season, the restaurant is open from morning until late. Although located at the edge of the open sea, the guest harbour is well sheltered. From the lighthouse tower, you can enjoy spectacular sea views.
Kuuskajaskari fortress island offers a café-restaurant with terraces in summer, barbecue shelters, a campfire site, as well as toilets, showers, and saunas. Along the island’s hiking trail, you’ll see a large barracks, a coastal artillery gun, a sea surveillance tower, trenches, and other remnants of the island’s military past – along with stunning sea views and rocky shores.
The guest harbour at Karttu in Reksaari features a summer café, saunas, barbecue area, dry toilet, and water point. Popular with families, the island also has hiking trails.
Wilderness Harbours in Nurmes
On the largest island, Nurmes, boaters can dock at the wilderness harbours of Pihlus and Päiväranta. Both have dry toilets and campfire sites. Hiking trails offer diverse nature experiences and glimpses into the traditional archipelago way of life.
Both Nurmes and Reksaari follow the principles of zero-waste hiking: what you bring to the island, you must also take away.
The islands do not have official beaches, but the maps of Karttu and Kuuskajaskari show designated swimming spots.
More information about Rauma’s guest harbors
Stay overnight in the archipelago’s reservable huts
