CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Karhula it runs 280 km to Karhula; allow about 11 h 55 of riding. It goes by way of HOGLAND, PORLOM II Tornikallio and back through HOGLAND. It crosses from Finland into Russia - carry ID and check the toll rules. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Alvar Aalto designed this place before the Second World War, and you can still read the plan on the ground. Sunila is a pulp mill on a rocky island near Kotka, on the Gulf of Finland, and Aalto designed both the mill buildings and the housing for the workers, in the late 1930s. The houses step down the slope in terraces among the pines, with an eye for views and shared space, which was unusual for an industrial settlement then. The mill still runs, with smoke rising over the pines on cold mornings, so the place is a working one, not a museum, and the housing area is lived in by residents who deserve some quiet.
Read the complete Sunila Housing Area write-up.
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Sunila Housing Area is where the day begins. Next is HOGLAND.
Hogland, or Gogland to the Russians who now own it, is a lump of granite in the middle of the Gulf of Finland, a long boat ride from the Finnish coast near Kotka. There is no road to ride to it, so on a motorcycle route this point is a marker for the Gulf of Finland and the island itself rather than somewhere you will actually park.
Read the complete HOGLAND write-up.
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HOGLAND comes up 89 km in. Next is PORLOM II Tornikallio.
Tornikallio means tower rock in Finnish, and it is a common name for a rocky hill with a view. Artjärvi and Myrskylä lie in the rolling farmland where Uusimaa meets Kymenlaakso, a landscape of small lakes, red barns, rye and oat fields and patches of spruce forest, drained by the Porvoonjoki river on its way to the Gulf of Finland. It is gentler than the lake district farther north, and it has a well-worn look, with old wooden farmhouses and village churches painted white or ochre.
Read the complete PORLOM II Tornikallio write-up.
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179 km in you reach PORLOM II Tornikallio. Next is back through HOGLAND.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete HOGLAND write-up.
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back through HOGLAND, late in the day. Next is Sunila Housing Area.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sunila Housing Area write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Sunila Housing Area. That is the ride.
Sunila Housing Area → HOGLAND is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
HOGLAND → PORLOM II Tornikallio is 117 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
PORLOM II Tornikallio → back through HOGLAND is 117 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through HOGLAND → Sunila Housing Area is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.