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Hauho, Hämeenlinna — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Hauho is a lakeside district of Hämeenlinna in Kanta-Häme, southern Finland, gathered around the greystone walls of the Hauhon kirkko.
About Hauho
Where to stay in Hauho
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Hauho spreads its few beds across a rural district of Hämeenlinna, with no town centre to gather them. The church village beside the Hauhon kirkko makes the natural base, close enough to walk to the shops and the churchyard. Beds run short here.
Holiday cottages stand along the lake shores and among the forest near the Kotkon ulkomuseoalue, and they fill through the summer, so book early. Visitors wanting a full choice of hotels sleep in Hämeenlinna and drive up for the day; the nearest railway station is at Parola, on the Riihimäki to Tampere line.
About Hauho
What are the main landmarks in Hauho?
The Hauhon kirkko is the landmark that defines Hauho, a greystone church raised around 1500 at the heart of the district. An open-air museum keeps the rest. The old rural buildings of the Kotkon ulkomuseoalue stand gathered a short walk northwest of the church.
Two memorials mark the district as well: the Punaisten hauta about 5 km northwest of the village and the Vihniön toveripatsas just east of it, which recall the dead of the conflicts that crossed this part of Kanta-Häme.
What is the history of Hauho?
Hauho was one of the old parishes of the Häme country long before it became a district of Hämeenlinna. Its greystone church, the Hauhon kirkko, rose around 1500 to serve the farms and lakeshore villages scattered across this corner of Kanta-Häme, and parish life gathered around it for centuries. Farm and forest fed the people.
Crops, fish and timber sustained a slow rural economy whose buildings survive in the open-air museum of the Kotkon ulkomuseoalue, while the Punaisten hauta keeps the memory of the parish dead. The municipality was dissolved into Hämeenlinna in 2009, and Hauho kept its church, its lakes and its village heart.
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Updated September 2026