The city grid
Kuopio's centre follows a strict grid of perpendicular streets around the market square. The regular blocks are an unusually tidy pattern for a lakeside town. On a poster they read almost like graph paper.
Tabula geographica minimalis · Finland
62.8924° N / 27.6770° E
A gridded lakeside town on a peninsula in Kallavesi, with a wooded hill rising above the streets and water on almost every side.





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Kuopio sits on a peninsula in Lake Kallavesi in eastern Finland, and on a map the water dominates. Inlets, islands and bridges surround the town. The centre is laid out as a regular grid of straight streets and square blocks, a clear piece of planning set against the irregular outline of the lake. Beyond it, residential areas spread along the shore and across neighbouring islands.
To the west of the grid rises Puijo, a forested hill with an observation tower. On a map its slopes are a quiet, open patch next to the tight street pattern. Near the northern tip of the peninsula, the Väinölänniemi park runs along the shore. The market square sits at the heart of the grid and anchors the town centre.
A Kuopio map poster suits a place so defined by its setting. The black lines of the streets meet an almost unbroken expanse of lake, and the shoreline splits into dozens of small points and bays. The bridges that carry roads across the water show as thin threads, linking the town to the islands and districts around it.
Kuopio's centre follows a strict grid of perpendicular streets around the market square. The regular blocks are an unusually tidy pattern for a lakeside town. On a poster they read almost like graph paper.
A wooded ridge just west of the centre, crowned by an observation tower. On the map it shows as an open green space that separates the grid from the lakeshore.
The lake wraps around the peninsula and breaks into islands, straits and long bays. Bridges and causeways cross it, and the water fills most of the frame around the town.
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Cur Kuopio
Kuopio is a university town and a regional centre for the Finnish lakeland, and it was named a European Region of Gastronomy in 2020. For students, locals and visitors who spent a summer on its shores, a map of the town and lake captures something very specific.
Add your own title, subtitle or date to mark a graduation, a move or a summer cottage, and edit the coordinates line. Five styles are available. Blueprint and Sand treat all that water very differently, and Classic black & white keeps it crisp.
Eme tabulam Kuopio| Magnitudo impressionis | Resolutio | Fasciculi |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
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