Map of Savonlinna (or Nyslott in Swedish, which literally means Newcastle). Savonlinna is a municipality of about 28,000 inhabitants in the southest of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region.

The dome church of Savonlinna was built in 1874-1878. It is in neo gothic style, and the tower is 51 metres high.

The church was partly destroyed during the second world war, but was re-built in 1947-1948.

The Saimaa House includes a handicrafts shop and a cafeteria. It is situated in Linnankatu street, which has played an essential role in the history of the town of Savonlinna and the Olavinlinna castle.

In the 18th century it constituted the town centre of Savonlinna. In the latter half of the 20th century apartment buildings were built along the street originally lined with wooden houses. but the eastern end of the street has remained as a fairly uniform area of wooden houses, bearing witness to the late 19th century residential area.

In front of Olavinlinna, castle of St. Olaf, situated on a rocky island in the river Kyronsalmi in Savonlinna.

Olavinlinna was built in 1475. The Danish-born founder of the castle, knight Erik Axelsson Tott, decided that a powerful fortification should be built to protect the strategically important Savo region. The castle was supposed to repel Russian attacks from the east and to guarantee the control of the Savo region for the Swedish crown.