Mikkeli Cathedral Church

Address: Mikkeli, South Savo, Finland (cathedral in town centre)

Hours: Open for services and limited visiting hours (check local parish)

Mikkeli Cathedral is the Lutheran cathedral of Mikkeli, in the South Savo region of Finland, designed by architect Josef Stenbäck and completed in the late 19th century. It serves as the principal church of the city and the seat of the local diocese.

The cathedral exemplifies late 19th-century Finnish ecclesiastical architecture and remains an active parish and diocesan church with regular services and civic functions.

The building was constructed and consecrated during the 1890s under Stenbäck’s design and has been maintained as a central religious and architectural landmark in Mikkeli.

The cathedral stands in central Mikkeli close to the market square and civic centre.

• Architect and date: Designed by noted Finnish church architect Josef Stenbäck and consecrated in 1897, reflecting late 19th-century ecclesiastical architecture in Finland.

Mikkeli Cathedral sits in the town centre near Mannerheimintie and is walkable from Mikkeli Railway Station (about 1 km). Local buses also stop nearby.

• Attend an Evensong or organ recital if available - the acoustics are excellent for choral music
• Look at the pew carvings and the brass memorials which record the town's mercantile history