Hyvinkää sits on the Salpausselkä ridge in southern Finland, where pine forests and glacial terrain meet the urban belt north of Helsinki. The town developed around the Helsinki–Riihimäki railway, opened in 1862, and rail heritage remains central to its identity. The Finnish Railway Museum occupies a historic railway setting and presents locomotives, carriages and other chapters of the country’s transport story. Hyvinkää’s former wool factory district also reflects its industrial past, while local parks and forest trails keep the surrounding landscape close at hand. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Hyvinkää and southern Finland.
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